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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Seems a poor strategy to announce your targets before you strike them...

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago

    Iran has frequently announced targets and given warnings to evacuate. It's been surreal that they've continued to sound like the adults after years of being told how evil they are. The US is indiscriminately bombing everything, while Iran seems to be playing the long game of building an international case for reparations and prosecution.

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  • [–] [S] 33 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I mean what are they gonna do, move the data center out of strike range?

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    They could position missile/drone interceptors in preparation.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    you clearly have not been up to date with this war, because they weren't able to intercept shit, besides, do you think they're going to move air defense away from nazisrael to protect data centers? or desalinization plants? or oil rigs? you can barely protect 1 of these targets, let alone all at the same time...

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago

    On the other hand, if my workplace was on a list of announced missile targets, I'd stay away.

    Assuming that there's no real chance of their enemy setting up a defense in time:

    • It reduces probability of civilian causalities (improves their international image, reduces incentives for affected people to join the fight against them)
    • If there is some failure in the attack and the center isn't disabled, they still reduced productivity. I'd say indefinitely
    • Tactic could theoretically be used to threaten or feint. For example, publicly list five target but only bother bombing three, and you get the benefits of scaring away people at the other two without spending weapons. This could also be used to manipulate enemy logistics, like moving their defenses or response teams to one place and then attacking another.
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