How is the US able to instantly stop an attack from Iran but powerless when Israel attacks hospitals? - eviltoast

I’m missing something here. Admittedly, I’m making the assumption that blowing up hospitals is a bad thing to do.

  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    In addition to the other answers you’ve received, it appears there was a period of sever al hours between the drone launches and them arriving at Israel. There are probably seconds between launch and impact on Gaza

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      Minutes, not seconds. I used to be a counter ballistics radar operator. You can track a mortar, rocket, or artillery round in about 20 seconds from launch. It takes about a minute to send rounds back to the source. About 30 seconds to a minute after that the initial rounds will land. A minute after that the counter battery will land and destroy anything at the launch site.