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This is sad. I hope that this is not the beginning of a (much larger) escalation cycle. Multiple reports says that when those drones get near, Iran will launch multiple Ballistic and Cruise missile that are much faster, with the objective of saturating Israel Defenses.

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> with the objective of saturating Israel Defenses.

It seems very likely that Iran is not trying to cause much actual harm. It seems fairly obvious that they are trying to do just enough to be seen doing something against Israel, but not enough to provoke a real retaliation.

No idea if they've skirted that line properly - it's "up to Israel" now in how to respond.

“the Iranian drones, which are several hours away, carry a 20-kilogram warhead, which “the simplest bomb shelter” can protect against, and says he estimates that the drones are likely headed only to military targets.”

That's only the first wave though; a coordinated attack will have the faster moving and more deadly munitions launched much later to arrive with the earlier waves, taking advantage of any distraction and disruption caused by the easier targets.

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