Live Conflict Israel-US vs Iran War (2026)

[Passenger]

I wonder why Iran didn't target Israels gasfields after getting bombed themselves. or the nuclear power plant in Israel. in a Tit for Tat move.

Israel says Haifa oil refinery hit in Iranian missile attack​

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026...hit-in-iranian-missile-attack-no-major-damage

Isreal control the media and not allow reporter to post the damage.
I still remember last year 12day war, Haifa oil refinery stopped production due to Iran missiles strike, and they usr US air refueling tanker to transfer oil.

 

[clonda]

the iranian regime is pretty dumb. Their getting ass pounded and their leaders are being exterminated like its nothing. That's why what's going on seems quite impressive to me. A dumb regime, no air force, no real navy, no air defence, no real strategy, yet they are able to keep sending rockets out to isreal. If such a backward nation can cause this sort of trouble to the USA, then moving forward its not going to look good for the american image of being a global power.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2034649661638693263

When we pay attention to the past few decades, the iranians have been reckless and helped bring the region to this failed point. Their geopolitical moves ultimately has only harmed the Muslim middle east.

Had Turks converted to Christianity instead of Islam, probably Islam would be a dead religion by now.

These misconceptions that Iran is a "harmless problem" that can be solved at any moment by decapitating its leadership, military superiority, or sanctions — that's nothing but intoxicated arrogance with a sense of superiority.
Now, in practice, a new dynamic has emerged that's difficult to control. The real world doesn't play by the rulebooks, and Iran used the space to maneuver and shifted the war into the political arena. Now the US has new problems to deal with — it looks like they were the ones without a strategy.

Why would Iran need a real navy? That's pointless. They're not trying to win a war. They're making Western dominance in the region as difficult and expensive as possible.

 

[Iskander]

A US F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at US air base in the Middle East after it was struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for US Central Command, said the fifth-generation stealth jet was “flying a combat mission over Iran” when it was forced to make an emergency landing. Hawkins said the aircraft landed safely, and the incident is under investigation.

“The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,” Hawkins added. “This incident is under investigation.”

The incident would be the first time Iran has hit a US aircraft in the war started in late February. Both the US and Israel are flying F-35s in the conflict; the aircraft costs upwards of $100 million.

The emergency landing comes as senior US officials continue to claim widespread success in its campaign against Iran. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday morning that the US is “winning decisively” and that Iran’s air defenses have been “flattened.”

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-19-26?t=1773933632206

There's nothing to celebrate about this. So what if they damaged one F-35 on the 20th day of the war? Is there any point in celebrating when these aircraft have already destroyed a significant portion of Iran's defenses with virtual impunity?
Leaving aside the superior technical characteristics of 5th-generation aircraft, I want to ask another question: Okay, so these 10-ton stealth aircraft are completely out of range of Iranian radars and anti-aircraft missiles in the air, but they don't stay in the air forever. They spend more time on the ground. We need to intercept them on the ground. They may be invisible in the air, but on the ground, they are visible!
I understand, of course, that this proposal is not an American "rediscover," because in 2018, America fired about 40 Tomahawk missiles at just one airfield, Shayrat, in Syria, completely disabling it.

Bombing an airfield and all its infrastructure must be easier than detecting an invisible aircraft maneuvering in vast airspace. An airport is a visible object, and, by the way, it doesn't maneuver at all.
Well, of course, the Iranians probably tried. But it seems they're failing.
Why?
I think that it would be easier to solve the problem of 5th generation aircraft on the ground, not in the sky.

There's another reason to do it on the ground: in the air, you can shoot down a single fighter, but on the ground, you can shoot down all the aircraft currently on the airfield, along with all the infrastructure.

 

[Passenger]

There's nothing to celebrate about this. So what if they damaged one F-35 on the 20th day of the war? Is there any point in celebrating when these aircraft have already destroyed a significant portion of Iran's defenses with virtual impunity?
Leaving aside the superior technical characteristics of 5th-generation aircraft, I want to ask another question: Okay, so these 10-ton stealth aircraft are completely out of range of Iranian radars and anti-aircraft missiles in the air, but they don't stay in the air forever. They spend more time on the ground. We need to intercept them on the ground. They may be invisible in the air, but on the ground, they are visible!
I understand, of course, that this proposal is not an American "rediscover," because in 2018, America fired about 40 Tomahawk missiles at just one airfield, Shayrat, in Syria, completely disabling it.

Bombing an airfield and all its infrastructure must be easier than detecting an invisible aircraft maneuvering in vast airspace. An airport is a visible object, and, by the way, it doesn't maneuver at all.
Well, of course, the Iranians probably tried. But it seems they're failing.
Why?
I think that it would be easier to solve the problem of 5th generation aircraft on the ground, not in the sky.

There's another reason to do it on the ground: in the air, you can shoot down a single fighter, but on the ground, you can shoot down all the aircraft currently on the airfield, along with all the infrastructure.

You are right, but the real problem is not at the war.
Iran does not initiate attacks and only defends and counterattacks, which makes them more passive when selecting attack targets. Otherwise, they could directly attack European countries that have opened their airspace to the US military.
However, Israel and the United States are not subject to any moral or legal constraints in selecting targets and means of attack.