That would be like 400~600 missiles?
Don't think any Air defence can survive or nullify that many missiles.
2025 Israel - Iranian conflict
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Don't think any Air defence can survive or nullify that many missiles.
An invasion of Iran is beyond Israel's capabilities. If an invasion happens, the U.S. will have to be the main participant. And the U.S. has no appetite for that.
At this point it's quite obvious israeli bombers operate over Iran. Not even 5th gen ones, as launcher videos are kinda
At this point I don't know if it's an insult. The focken audacity I tell you.
Hmm, large scale FPV drone-based sabotage in both Russia and Iran just weeks apart from each other? Nope, definitely no European or American involvement here. None at all.
It’d take a sophisticated IADS to even intercept a large portion of that yeah, but the problem is we literally haven’t seen any sign of Iran’s AD at play whatsoever. At this point I’m inclined to believe they really dont have much left, whether due to Israeli strikes/sabotage or repairs rendering them inoperable. Either way, very grim. Israel seems to be able to operate within Iran’s airspace with total freedom and impunity.
the current silence in Iran is the kind of silence that you have when you realize you are fked and there is nothing that you can do.
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As much as I want to criticize Russia, there have a better excuse since their country is far bigger. In addition those drones destroyed a few aircraft at most which were of the older variant. For Iran the strikes killed key personel and key targets. They don't have the optics excuse.
Are you suggesting Russian leadership not in hiding would be able to survive these kinds of drone infiltration better? The only way these kinds of drones can be stopped is with strong shorad presence and also alot of heavy human guards. Yes, Iran should have had better shorad on its air bases but they can't stop assassination in people's homes unless they are literally hiding in bunkers.
Israel attacked an Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria last year resulting in the deaths of several senior Iranian defense officials, and then there was of course the 2020 targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani by the first Trump administration.
So while targeted killings against the seniormost Iranian military leaders is an obvious escalation, such attacks should not be received with surprise or be considered a significant deviation from the evolving norm.
The Iranians are obviously going to want to reciprocate in kind, but they may or may not achieve much visible success, especially considering their track record.
Assuming the Iranians have both the will and means to stand tall, they are most likely attempting to assemble a deliverable nuclear device as we converse, and may intend to demonstrate such a capability with a nuclear weapons test to deter further Israeli aggression.
If Iran is able to reach that point, Washington will have to either accept Tehran as a nuclear power as they have put up with Pyongyang, or more likely, the US and/or Israel will attempt to militarily dismantle Iran's nascent nuclear weapons capability, and that could get very messy.
Some of those saboteurs might belong to MEK or other Iranian groups that have been pushing for regime change in Tehran for decades with Israeli (and American) sponsorship.
According to an IDF spokesman, the Israelis launched 330 munitions during the initial operation against Iran.
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