Middle East War Briefing
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Israel Conducts Airstrikes in Iran; UPDATE: Military Decapitated; Mossad's 'Covert Sabotage'
Either way, this war will expand unless the Iranian regime falls. And the Iranians are already threatening to retaliate against US assets, which is why the Trump administration began recalling non-essential personnel from the region:
Israel is calling it a "pre-emptive strike," which again suggests that the nuclear sites will be the targets:
IDF intercepts massive drone attack from Iran, pummels Tehran's air defenses
The Air Force, late Friday morning, continues to pummel Iran's radar array and air defenses.
Since around 3:00 a.m., the air force has been attacking a variety of targets within Iran, including its air defenses.
In fact, back in October 2024, the IDF already eliminated Iran's best air defenses, its S-300 Russian-made systems.
However, the Islamic Republic had medium-level systems that still defended its airspace, which the IDF is now taking apart.
To the extent the IDF continues to take these systems apart, it could start achieving greater air supremacy in Iranian airspace, giving it freer ability to hit more targets going forward.
But can Israel decapitate enough of Iran's leadership and IRGC to give a popular revolt a chance.
Supposedly they for most of the military .. what is needed is the religious leaders and there stooges .... there are thousands of street level enforcers
Welp, the Western world woke this morning to news of yet another shocking Israeli military strike that wildly expanded the boundaries of what anybody thought was possible. The New York Times’ live-update thread was headlined, “Israel Strikes Iran's Nuclear Program, Killing Top Military Officials.” As far as anyone can tell, Israel erased Iran’s entire military chain of command, and made it look easy.
Not only that, but Israel attacked military bases and nuclear sites all across Iran, in multiple waves. In other words, 200 Israeli aircraft struck over 100 targets across a nation the size of Alaska, supposedly defended by one of the largest and most layered air defense systems in the Middle East.
Inexplicably, Iran’s air defenses stayed silent. Not a single Israeli fighter jet was damaged. In response, Iran only managed to launch around 100 drones —a lazy half hour’s action in Ukraine— to no apparent effect. These drones, all downed long before they neared Israel, could easily have been an automatic response, suggesting a total lack of any meaningful military response by Iran.
The only explanation that makes sense for Israel to enjoy clear skies over the entire country is that someone inside Iran somehow pulled the plug on all the country’s air defenses right before the attack. If so, it was another catastrophic security failure by Israel’s enemies.
This story is like a strategic lasagna. Peel off each layer of the strike to reveal another astonishing fact. For example, to get to Iran, the Israelis must have been aided by the Jordanians and allowed to use Saudi Arabian airspace. There’s no way Israel’s 200 jets crossed half of the Middle East without at least tacit approval from its neighbors. That means a whole lot of folks were involved— but Iran obviously had no idea it was coming.
Jordan probably even helped Israel by shooting down Iranian drones. A short, blurry statement from the Jordanians said “it had intercepted a number of missiles and drones that … were likely to fall in Jordanian territory, including populated areas … but did not specify where the drones and missiles came from.” Uh-huh. Obviously, they came from Iran.
But wait, there’s more. For the last 48 hours, social media buzzed with warning signs. The US closed its embassy in Iraq and withdrew personnel, as did other Middle Eastern countries. The air spaces were closed. Telegram hummed with predictions of an imminent Israeli attack. Yet many of Iran’s generals and nuclear scientists were killed by targeted strikes while sleeping in their apartments— in their bedrooms and not in their bunkers.
What on Earth? Even if Iran’s leaders thought all the red flags were probably just a psyop to pressure upcoming nuclear talks (scheduled for Sunday), why would it just stand down? That’s beyond reckless. The reason you have a military is to prepare for attacks just like this one. The Iranian military’s negligence beggars belief.
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Not only that, but Israel attacked military bases and nuclear sites all across Iran, in multiple waves. In other words, 200 Israeli aircraft struck over 100 targets across a nation the size of Alaska, supposedly defended by one of the largest and most layered air defense systems in the Middle East.
Inexplicably, Iran’s air defenses stayed silent. Not a single Israeli fighter jet was damaged. In response, Iran only managed to launch around 100 drones —a lazy half hour’s action in Ukraine— to no apparent effect. These drones, all downed long before they neared Israel, could easily have been an automatic response, suggesting a total lack of any meaningful military response by Iran.
The only explanation that makes sense for Israel to enjoy clear skies over the entire country is that someone inside Iran somehow pulled the plug on all the country’s air defenses right before the attack. If so, it was another catastrophic security failure by Israel’s enemies.
This story is like a strategic lasagna. Peel off each layer of the strike to reveal another astonishing fact. For example, to get to Iran, the Israelis must have been aided by the Jordanians and allowed to use Saudi Arabian airspace. There’s no way Israel’s 200 jets crossed half of the Middle East without at least tacit approval from its neighbors. That means a whole lot of folks were involved— but Iran obviously had no idea it was coming.
Jordan probably even helped Israel by shooting down Iranian drones. A short, blurry statement from the Jordanians said “it had intercepted a number of missiles and drones that … were likely to fall in Jordanian territory, including populated areas … but did not specify where the drones and missiles came from.” Uh-huh. Obviously, they came from Iran.
But wait, there’s more. For the last 48 hours, social media buzzed with warning signs. The US closed its embassy in Iraq and withdrew personnel, as did other Middle Eastern countries. The air spaces were closed. Telegram hummed with predictions of an imminent Israeli attack. Yet many of Iran’s generals and nuclear scientists were killed by targeted strikes while sleeping in their apartments— in their bedrooms and not in their bunkers.
What on Earth? Even if Iran’s leaders thought all the red flags were probably just a psyop to pressure upcoming nuclear talks (scheduled for Sunday), why would it just stand down? That’s beyond reckless. The reason you have a military is to prepare for attacks just like this one. The Iranian military’s negligence beggars belief.
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FNC was stating last night that Israel doesn't have bunker buster bombs to get the facilities DEEP underground. Supposedly those underground facilities are where the centrifuges are located. Without destroying those, you're not really destroying Iran's nuclear program.
thurley42
HY;FR
No, but if the scientists are dead, it will def delay the process.
glhs837
Power with Control
If you cave the entrance tunnels in to a depth of a few hundred feet, you slow things down a bit. Crater the roads leading to the sites where you need to dig, and you slow things even more.
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Iran Threatens to Strike U.S. Military Bases as Conflict With Israel Escalates | The Gateway Pundit | by Ben Kew
Iran is threatening to strike U.S. military bases as part of its response to Israel’s bombing campaign against them.
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