> This isn’t a random act and its quite the signal if you know what it means, Iran knows what it did here.

It also publicizes Iran-NK military cooperation on ballistics development, which the Biden admin warned about [0], as well as Iran-Russia military cooperation (which was obviously much less under-the-radar).

It also shows the merger of the Ukraine conflict with the West Asia conflict, and was a major reason why Fiona Hill argued we entered an unavoidable polycrisis in 2022 [1].

[0] - https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/us-officia...

[1] - https://xcancel.com/FrankRGardner/status/2027098560647348410...

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AndrewKemendo 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Agreed, there’s so much intelligence in this act it’s really astonishing

	▲	alephnerd 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yep. This action wasn't intended for the average HNer or Redditor to pontificate about. Those who they wanted to send a message to got the message, and it's a significant message up the escalation chain. Additionally, the fact that this is being very publicly disclosed and discussed in British media in a manner that RAF Akhrioti wasn't is also a massive signal.