The New York Times did a brilliant job on this research. The Iranians have claimed that they severely damaged many U.S. bases in this war, and our guys have claimed that Iran’s claims were exaggerations and propaganda.
One of the questions I have asked since the beginning of the war is how we can possibly believe either side in this conflict, given that Donald Trump’s lying is only topped by Iranian state media.
I was wrong. Trump still holds the Pinocchio Cup, despite having been awarded the the FIFA Honesty Prize. It turns out that the Iranian claims were 100% accurate. Satellite imagery shows 18 sites in seven countries were hit, and the damage was exactly as claimed by Iran.
American air defense systems in place at their bases across the Gulf had around a 90 percent interception rate, ideally. But even at 90 percent, this still leaves 10 percent of Iranian drones and missiles that can get through the air defense shield.
Cue Trump shitting himself all over again about the ‘failing New York Times’.