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Jiang mocks elite European military gestures, such as sending an aircraft carrier, as useless theater in the face of ballistic-missile vulnerability.
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Ballistic missiles
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...up because there's a lot of energy inside, right? Just a ballistic missile, boom, the thing is blown up. All right? Okay. All right,..."
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He argues that Iran had reportedly agreed through Omani mediation to zero enrichment, proxy talks, and missile talks, so nuclear-prevention rationales do not explain the attack.
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Jiang says Iran spent its resources on drones and ballistic missiles because those are the ideal weapons for resisting an American invasion.
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Jiang says Iran's preparation has centered on drones, hypersonics, and ballistic missiles because America will always beat Iran in conventional warfare.
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Jiang argues that Iran has spent the last two decades preparing for confrontation through air defenses, ballistic missiles, and drone warfare.
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"...an aircraft carrier so that the Iranians can sink it with ballistic missiles?"
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"I mean, what's the point of that? So, and, and still at this time, the Europeans are still talking about drafting young men to..."
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"logic to analyze this one iran it makes no sense even today a week after the war started even though a lot of damage..."
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"...hamas and the houthis but we're also in the negotiate our ballistic missiles program the iranians were willing to give americans everything that they..."
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"...Where they focus all the resources on drones. Right. And on ballistic missiles. Which is the ideal situation if you're anticipating an American invasion...."
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"...years. And the preparation is in drones and in hypersonics and ballistic missiles."
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"And the reason why is that America will always win a conventional warfare against Iran. So the only way to defeat America is to..."
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"...fact, it's been invested in the past 20 years, primarily in ballistic missiles, right? Because, because it's assuming that America will eventually invade, um,..."
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"...up because there's a lot of energy inside, right? Just a ballistic missile, boom, the thing is blown up. All right? Okay. All right,..."
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"...Americans suspected that the ship had important fuel and components for ballistic missiles. Okay? The Americans tried to board the ship. The ship would..."
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"...off certain moves and threatened to attack ships with drones and ballistic missiles, that is wrong. That is piracy. Unless the Americans do this,..."
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"to nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles that's I think that's where we have to go I don't know what the right approach is going..."
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