Originally Posted by CDSmith

I never meant to imply that Iran could do zero damage. Of course they definitely can deal a certain measure, no question, so on that point I'm not arguing with you.

Let me put it to you this way: You are Iran. You fire off a volley of those missiles against ships in the gulf. I'd hazard a guess it would go something like this: the point or points of origin of your missiles would be pinpointed within seconds via a combo of radar and satellite systems, from not one but from many DOZENS of ships and military installations throughout the region. Within a short period of time, probably minutes, the sites from which you launched your missiles would be utterly evaporated. Rest assured those would be the last missiles those sites would fire.

From that point on it would be game on, and "game on" to the US military in the ME means raining down a veritable shitstorm, constant, targeted, and without end until you (Iran) get your head out of your ass and surrender.

But yes, it's quite possible that the missiles you did fire did some serious damage. Nothing that would win an entire war, but definitely serious. Serious enough to further piss off an already pissed off sleeping giant.