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Mustellus

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15. My father in law, served two tours flying bombers out of England in WW2

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:34 PM

Jun 23

In the second, his lone bomber would fly over a bombed target after the fires were out and the German fighter aircraft had time to refuel and rearm. They were doing Bomb Damage Assessment. Were the targets hit? Damaged? Destroyed?

Now we apparently do that from satellites. But the targets.. the actual targets.. were the Iranian centrifuges hundreds of meters underground. Satellites can't see that. Did the roofs of the centrifuge tunnels collapse? Or did they hold, and the centrifuges are still humming away?

Or.. did the Iranians get them all out before the bombs fell? Trucked away to another, perhaps deeper hole?

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Maddow Blog-One day after strikes on Iran, Trump's 'totally obliterated' claims come into question [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Jun 23 OP

Repubes lying to the American people. As always. BoRaGard Jun 23 #1

I was looking at the satellite pictures this morning. I saw some damage fairly close to ... chouchou Jun 23 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author chouchou Jun 23 #3

The timing of the strikes was geared to the news cycle instead of any tactical concerns as well... Hugin Jun 23 #4

Trump lied? I'm shocked! SHOCKED! sakabatou Jun 23 #5

I think I feel a draft. twodogsbarking Jun 23 #6

Well, my draft status is officially "First after women and children"...nt Wounded Bear Jun 23 #8

They can have me. Just burn the woods and sift the ashes. twodogsbarking Jun 23 #10

Initial damage reports of bombings are almost always wrong... Wounded Bear Jun 23 #7

Where have we seen this exact shit before?????? DENVERPOPS Jun 23 #9

fuck yes. barbtries Jun 23 #18

I distinctly recall DENVERPOPS Jun 23 #19

the whole "mushroom cloud" bullshit. barbtries Jun 23 #22

The reference was to Trump's brain. twodogsbarking Jun 23 #11

Hegseth was probably totally obliterated. CaptainTruth Jun 23 #12

The guy has zero patience to ever wait for accurate information. Melon Jun 23 #13

It's like just being a little bit pregnant, right? hamsterjill Jun 23 #14

My father in law, served two tours flying bombers out of England in WW2 Mustellus Jun 23 #15

Totally implausible that nuclear materials were "obliterated" without any detected radiation Bluetus Jun 23 #16

If you go back to Reagan's DENVERPOPS Jun 23 #20

Uranium enrichment isn't... Mustellus Jun 23 #23

That's beside the point. Bluetus Jun 23 #25

Satellite images show activity at Iran's Fordo nuclear facility before U.S. air strikes LetMyPeopleVote Jun 23 #17

"the unnerving fact that the public cannot count on the American president for accurate and trustworthy information"? maxsolomon Jun 23 #21

Either way, they still do not care about the truth Akakoji Jun 23 #24

trump is lying about destroying reserves LetMyPeopleVote Jun 26 #26