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Ol Janx Spirit

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6. Well, Turkey and Iran share a border. It is about 550 miles from Ankara to that border...

Reply to Bmoboy (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 10:28 AM

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...which is well within range of some drones. Ukraine has shown a lot of people how that works.

But a shoulder-fired rocket or small cadre of drones could be launched from a lot closer....

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