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Prairie Gates

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4. On Day 4 Hegseth said that 86% of missile caoacity was destroyed

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:08 PM

Apr 3

One day 34 there's still half of the capacity remaining.

This is like when 86% of the Viet Cong cadres in War Zone C were destroyed, only to reappear a month later in full strength. ("And if incidents of enemy activity in the larger area of War Zone C increased 'significantly,' and American casualties doubled, and then doubled again, it wasn't happening in any damn Ho Bo Woods, you better believe it." - Michael Herr, Dispatches)

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On Day 4 Hegseth said that 86% of missile caoacity was destroyed Prairie Gates Apr 3 #4

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