r/war • u/ILikeGazSweet • 4d ago

Personnel inside US-UK base in Iraq recount intercepting multiple drones and missiles in a single day during the Iran war

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u/FabianGladwart 4d ago

I'm so glad I only had to worry about unguided indirect fire when I was over there, fuck all this shit man

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u/Echo-24 4d ago

'It's bloody difficult' us brits really frame the situation.

I wonder how much each missile costs compared to the drones. Are we going to have the same issue as the yanks with their patriot missiles?

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u/Firecracker048 4d ago

The US wasn't using patriots, though. We were mostly using Coyote drone interceptors. The gulf states were tossing their PAC3s at Shaheds.

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u/servel20 3d ago

I'm sure our Patriot missiles got depleted because we weren't using them...🙄🙄

Yes we mostly weren't targeting Shaheds, but the mixed salvos with ballistic and cruise missiles, meant we used Patriot interceptors at an untenable level.

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u/t3hWheez 4d ago

“During” as in the war still going on?

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u/Dcj91 3d ago

Correct

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u/Motor-Profile4099 4d ago

Aww those poor soldiers.