I’m going to use this thread to try to give you as best I can tell the most current information on what’s unfolding between Israel and Iran.
5:13 PM: Drones take nine or ten hours to get from Iran to Israel. Cruise missiles three to four hours.
5:04 PM: In the last hour Iran launched a large armada on “suicide” drones against Israel, apparently in two or three waves. Israel, Jordan and probably other countries have totally closed their air space. Basically, anything in the air is going to be shot out of the sky. There are further reports that Iran has launched a volley of missiles, presumably cruise missiles. But that later detail seems less clear. There have been a number of on the record reports that the US and Israel are currently tracking drones en route to Israel. The confirmation that cruise missiles have already been launched less clear. It’s quite possible the drones – which can be shot down in most cases – are meant to saturate air defenses and allow other more lethal munitions to get through. That’s about all we know at the moment. Iran and Israel are not close to each other. These things take hours to get from one place to another. It is clear that the US and almost certainly regional allies are actively involved in trying to shoot all of these things down.