Sen. Chris Murphy: Iran destroys $300 mil radar crucial to missile defense

[deminks]

There have been some very bad developments today.

— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) 2026-03-07T01:03:50.990Z

There have been some very bad developments today.

Excerpt from Bloomberg on X says Iran destroyed radar system crucial to US for missile defense in the region.

[Klarkashton]

1. That wasn't supposed to happen!

But it did

[vapor2]

2. An unwanted war by incompetent boys with small dicks

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

3. That'll inflate to $30 billion in the next "defense" appropriation, yes?

Just checking.

That's how you say "good business" in Republican.

[leftstreet]

4. Congress gets out its checkbook n/t

[Celerity]

12. Netanyahu and his nutters get a cut too. Their 'dogwalk the puppet Trump' fee.

[dalton99a]

5. Trump: "Terrible design. Biden should have hidden it underground"

[moniss]

9. In a bunker with walls of concrete

6 feet thick with lead lining.

[cachukis]

6. Serious shit. Several systems have been damaged.

Iran seems to have a plan.

[Emrys]

7. Unlike Trump, Iran seems to have been learning some lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War. n/t

[moniss]

8. All happening while

"Last Call" Hegseth shouts at everybody that the Iranians command and control is so damaged that they can't coordinate on targets etc.

[Prairie Gates]

10. I fear that the DoD will announce Sunday that they're only doing weekly casualty announcements

And it will be a bad number.

[haele]

23. Rumors are the military hospitals in Germany are becoming full...

There may be several reasons - including finding places for evacuated dependant families or those who already had sick chits/light duty and were evacuated from the base clinics in the ME, but it's still a bad sign these rumors are coming out.

Reminds me of the early 1980's, when the NeoCons and the CIA were starting mini-wars everywhere to establish US hegemony over the Soviet sphere (for oil and natural resources) and putting US troops in harms way in places like Lebanon, Panama, Nicaragua, Northern Africa, Somalia...
Only this time, with Armeggeddon in mind. Run by really stupid, immature assholes instead of ideologically blinded but smart assholes.

[SunSeeker]

11. Russia is providing targeting intelligence to Iran.

But Trump still hearts Putin and wants to lift sanctions on Russian oil. Fucking traitor.


https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/politics/russia-aiding-iran-targeting


https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/bessent-says-trump-may-unsanction-russian-oil-to-try-to-bring-down-prices-amid-iran-war/

[Renew Deal]

14. Not unexpected considering what the US has done in Ukraine

That’s another reason why this war was a poor choice

[Renew Deal]

13. I think this is possibly how we end up with ground troops

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If Iran continues to hold out and stays mostly unified, it will be difficult for the US to achieve its objectives with air raids.

[Autumn]

16. I think putting boots on the ground will be a big, huge mistake. Iran is not Iraq.

[Renew Deal]

17. Agree

That’s what makes most of this exercise pointless. To truly achieve “regime change” you have to reorder society. Iran is not Iraq or Venezuela.

[yardwork]

18. This entire war is a big mistake.

Iran is a very large country and it has all the secret information about us that Trump gave to Russia.

[Autumn]

19. This sure is a different response from when we have taken out their facilities before.

A big difference.

[yardwork]

20. What? I don't understand your comment.

When have "we taken out their facilities before?"

[Autumn]

21. When Trump bombed Iran's so called "nuke" facilities.

[yardwork]

24. Doh! The "total destruction" that magically disappeared?

I can't keep up with Trump's lies.

Yes, good point that we weren't talking boots on the ground after that.

[Autumn]

25. Other than the first bombing by us I have seen a very few stills of the bombing Iran is doing

to our facilities and the other places Iran is bombing

[womanofthehills]

15. IDF says it can't guarantee it will send alert for missile before sirens sound

Link to tweet

?s=46

Commenting on Friday's short notices, the IDF said that it cannot commit to a specific number of minutes between the warning and the activation of sirens. Meanwhile, satellite images show Iran is attempting to "blind" the United States and its allies by targeting radar systems

[malaise]

22. Why am I singing this?

[yellow dahlia]

26. Indeed. Aaargh!

[UpInArms]

27. tfg will find out that he has

kicked the hornet's nest