PunkTheFunk 125,733 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 The US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems on Thursday as President Trump pulled out of air strikes on the country, US reports say. The cyber-attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers, the Washington Post said. It was in retaliation for the shooting down of a US drone as well as attacks on oil tankers that the US has blamed Iran for, the New York Times said. The US has also imposed sanctions President Trump described as "major". He said the sanctions were needed to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and economic pressure would be maintained unless Tehran changed course. The attack had been planned for several weeks, the sources told several US media outlets, and was suggested as a way of responding to the mine attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman. It was aimed at weapons systems used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which shot down the US drone last Thursday and which the US says also attacked the tankers. Both the Washington Post and AP news agency said the cyber-attack had disabled the systems. The New York Times said it was intended to take the systems offline for a period of time. [Trump]ย hasn't commented on the cyber-attack reports. On Friday he said he had pulled out of launching conventional strikes on Iran because he had been told that 150 Iranians would be killed. On Saturday he said he was open to talks with the Iranians. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48735097 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,059 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 128,514 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Trump had to show that he's a man somehow So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zilla 13,465 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 This can end very very badly. He's too belligerent, loose cannon.... ๐ธ'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Isn't that what we call it every time Trump posts a tweet?ย Stream my new single, ๐"Heartbeat"๐, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlash 14,539 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 What is this? Pre-school with weapons? ย 15 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said: Isn't that what we call it every time Trump posts a tweet?ย Tea, tho ย ย Ew, David! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlopSlurper 34,336 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 2 hours ago, PunkTheFunk said: Gulf of Oman. It makes me both mad and sad seeing my peaceful ass, cute ass country being dragged into this, these grown up baby rats better leave it the **** alone and carry onย with their clownery in their lands Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacify Him 9,073 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Wipe America off the map alreadyย ย we're obviously the bad guys Spoiler Stream: ย ย Iโm getting on your nerves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,909 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 They shot down one of our drones, we take out their capacity to shoot said drones. I'm fine with this as opposed to an actual strike. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficent 6 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 27 minutes ago, FATCAT said: They shot down one of our drones, we take out their capacity to shoot said drones. I'm fine with this as opposed to an actual strike. americaโs also at fault here in the initial stage. thereโs 2 reasons why the drone was shot down. a) it was very simply in Iranian airspace, and breaking the law. or b) it was given orders to fly close enough to the iranian are space boundary to initiate a reaction from Iran.ย why would america fly this drone there in the first place? itโs playground taunting.ย Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delusional Aura 5,129 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Finally they did something right for once. This is way better than that strike which would have killed hundreds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACT2 3,267 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 iran getting what they deserveย That's Gossip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCgaga 4,345 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I really don't know why some of you are jumping all over America for this. Iran has been HORRIBLE to it's own people for decades, and y'all are mad that America flew a drone in it's airspace? Iran shot it down. It was in their airspace. So what?! America,ย then, disabled Iran's ability to shoot down drones, at least temporarily. It's not like America went on some massive air strike, or dropped nuclear weopons on Iran. Jesus, some of you take what you hear on websites like this, and just run with it. In the case of Iran, America is definetely NOT the enemy.ย Get Educated.ย Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delusional 9,221 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Canโt wait for Mother Russia to get involved somehowย โผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธBANNED TILL SEPTEMBERโผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธโผ๏ธ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,909 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 50 minutes ago, Maleficent said: americaโs also at fault here in the initial stage. thereโs 2 reasons why the drone was shot down. a) it was very simply in Iranian airspace, and breaking the law. or b) it was given orders to fly close enough to the iranian are space boundary to initiate a reaction from Iran.ย why would america fly this drone there in the first place? itโs playground taunting.ย Countries break airspace to test reaction time all the time. Russia does it to the US all the time. That being said, all I was saying is that I prefer this to something more dangerous. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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