Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
is repairing and preparing its air defense systems, battered last year by Israel, to be ready against a possible US or Israeli strike on its nuclear sites, the Financial Times reported, citing analysts familiar with Western intelligence assessments and satellite imagery.
Data indicates that Iran has relocated a number of air defense systems, including Russian-made S-300 launchers, to prime nuclear sites, among them its uranium enrichment facilities in Natanz and Fordo.
Isn’t that the one that couldn’t do anything about IDF F-16s over Syria for the past decade or more, not to mention Iran using the same system could do nothing about the IAF rampaging through last year?
"We are witnessing a remarkable improvement in the capability and readiness of the country’s air defense," Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, said last month, according to the Sunday report. "The enemies of the land of the Medes and the Persians must understand that any violation of our country’s airspace will inflict significant damage upon them."You go ahrad thinking that, dude. At least until the IAF rampages through again, this time with added stealth F-35s.
The developments come with Israel said to be poised to launch ...
KABOOM!...
s on Iran’s nuclear sites despite ongoing US efforts to negotiate a new deal aimed at preventing Tehran from building nuclear weapons. US has insisted Iran not enrich uranium, a right that Tehran is adamant about preserving. The Trump administration has threatened to take military action if the talks fail.
Iran’s regional proxies began attacking Israel in late 2023 in support of Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,..., which started the ongoing war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
with its October 7 invasion of southern Israel. The fighting, as many had feared, eventually drew Iran and Israel into direct conflict. Iran twice fired barrages of hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, first in April 2024, then again in October. The attacks were largely thwarted by Israeli air defense working in cooperation with the US and its regional allies.
After the first attack, Israel carried out a limited strike in Iran, and after the second, it bombed numerous sites, reportedly targeting air defense systems, including the much vaunted S-300s.
Tolja so.
Assessments of the success varied. Israeli officials claimed significant damage, with one, speaking anonymously to Fox News, saying that Iran was left "essentially naked."However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
according to the FT, open source imagery showed many air defense sites may have been empty, making it unclear just how many launchers were destroyed.
Since then, Iran has been striving to rebuild its capabilities, and two unnamed sources familiar with intelligence reports said that it has moved and diversified its launchers and radars.
In a show of force, an S-300 launcher and a radar truck participated in "Army Day" celebrations in Tehran last month, and during a February military exercise, an S-300 was shown firing a missile using an Iranian-designed radar system. Analysts have said that this may have been because the original Russian system was destroyed, the report noted.
In addition to Russian equipment, Iran also has domestically produced surface-to-air systems, including long and medium-range missiles.
"While everyone pays attention to the S-300, Iran attaches great importance to the creation of the most mobile, modern air defense systems which can quickly change positions, hide in shelters, making them less vulnerable to stand off strikes with long-range missiles," Yuri Lyamin, an air defense specialist at Moscow’s Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, was quoted as saying.
Experts who spoke to the newspaper noted the capabilities that Israel has in penetrating Iran’s airspace, but the limited bombloads that its jets can carry, which would likely require several runs over many hours, if not days, to achieve the goal of destroying nuclear sites buried in underground bunkers. At the same time, the attacking planes would have to repeatedly evade Iran’s defense systems.
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