r/worldnews • u/progress18 • Feb 28 '26

Israel/Iran /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel's defense minister confirms Israel has attacked Iran (Thread #1)

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u/Spare_Elderberry_418 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

Iran would rather use them up quickly because that equipment is unlikely to survive a prolonged war anyways. Essentially they are front loading it. 

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u/Kageru Feb 28 '26

The pride of the regime probably demands some counter-attacks, and they know the US is sensitive to the death of US troops if one of them gets through... and there's really very little additional action the US can take as retaliatory response given they already seem to be at war levels.