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Iran/Israel

The Israelis reckon they had 2 weeks to 20 days to go at this. Part of the calculus is that Irans sticks of medium and ling range ballistic missiles was in the 2k region so Iran simply can't sustain any air defence overwhelming attacks for long, or at all, given stocks used and stocks destroyed.

Yes the Iranians have drones to make up numbers but they are easier to stop and again the Israelis will target the supply chain.

If the Israelis have the numbers right and Iranian air defence is non existent, the superiority level is massive in this type of long distance shoot out and Iranian military/industrial capabilities are going to be knocked back a decade or more. In fact the limit on the damage would then be israels own stocks.

Hmmm.... please use the Israeli populace as target practice so we can run down your stocks.

Perhaps if it was on the side of a bus, it would make more sense.

It is armed conflict, civilians die. Given the Iranians appear to be unable to hit a barn door with a banjo but instead land on non-state targets instead is by the by.

Or they are deliberately striking civilian centres.

The Iranians can only dream of matching the IDF’s targeted strikes in Gaza.

Iran’s IRNA news agency reports that five car bombs were detonated in Tehran a short while ago.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/five-car-bombs-detonated-in-tehran-iranian-media-reports-blaming-israel/

https://x.com/WarMonitor3/status/1934250910370185489

At least 14 Iranian nuclear scientists were killed in Israeli attacks, including car bombs-Reuters

Mossad are either on the ground in Iran or they have turned locals to work for them.

Don't give all the secrets away. Are you Whisky Pete?

This sort of talk might be exactly what the Israelis want. Mole hunts always disrupt; and more often than not, they round up innocent as well as the guilty. If the Iranians are busy looking for the enemy within, they cannot spend that effort on the enemy without. It's a great way of damaging Iran at this time.

Also, it doesn't have to be just human intelligence. The Iranians have formed a massive surveillance state to watch over, and guard against, the protests. It would be a shame if the Israelis had access to all those lovely live feeds and other information...

Iran/Israel

The Israelis reckon they had 2 weeks to 20 days to go at this. Part of the calculus is that Irans sticks of medium and ling range ballistic missiles was in the 2k region so Iran simply can't sustain any air defence overwhelming attacks for long, or at all, given stocks used and stocks destroyed.

Yes the Iranians have drones to make up numbers but they are easier to stop and again the Israelis will target the supply chain.

If the Israelis have the numbers right and Iranian air defence is non existent, the superiority level is massive in this type of long distance shoot out and Iranian military/industrial capabilities are going to be knocked back a decade or more. In fact the limit on the damage would then be israels own stocks.

How much damage could Iran's ballistic missiles do even if Israel couldn't destroy them on the ground or intercept them after firing ?

The V2s were pretty ineffective apart from on a few occasions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket#Targets

Grange Hill tube station being one of the unlucky targets.

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Pb brains trust: Anyone have any experience of chiropractors? I've had a bad back for about three weeks now. Friend of a friend has recommended I seek out a McTimoney chiropractor but this could be quackery for all I know.

Cheaper quackery:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healing-Back-Pain-Reissue-Connection/dp/153871261X/

Six months of back pain I had last year cured just by reading this. Or co-incidentally. An not-uncommon experience, the author claims.

Interim measures, some of which gave temporary relief:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/back-pain/art-20546859

I have no doubt that back pain is sort-of-psychological: your body thinks it's about to damage itself, and tenses up. The trick is trying to get it to relax again. I'd wondered whether this might be a chiropractor's approach.
I have, in the past, managed to cure back pain by going on a boat trip to lool at dolphins. It was so amazing that I forgot all about it. But I think it's like trying to shock yourself out of hiccups: it's not really repeatable (nor practical).

Getting your back to relax was the basis for a colleague's recommendation – take a bunch of painkillers then go to bed with your electric blanket on. The heat encourages muscles to relax and the painkillers stop everything tensing up at the slightest twinge.

My own miracle cure was this exercise that takes just a few seconds:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR1rtQ-PF38

Basically, sit down, cross your leg and lean gently forwards for a few seconds.

But there are about a zillion different causes of back pain so YMMV. As a vaguely on-topic link, Stephen Ward of the Profumo Affair made his fortune fixing the backs of the rich, famous and well-connected.