The primary objectives of this war:
1. Destroy Iranian ballistic missiles and their industrial base
Result- Over 80% of Iranian missile production facilities destroyed including solid rocket motor production. Current stockpile is now heavily attrited
2. Destroy the Iranian Navy
Result- Over 90% of Iranian large vessels destroyed including 20 naval production facilities. 50% of Iranian small fast attack vessels destroyed
3. Eliminate Iranian pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Result- Nearly 80% of the Iranian nuclear industrial base is destroyed. Most of the HEU is buried at Isfahan. Nuclear enrichment and HEU extraction is a red line for Trump which is currently being negotiated.
4. Eliminate Irans ability to project power outside its borders including through proxy forces
Result- Iranian ballistic missile and drone production facilities are heavily degraded. All facilities producing Shahed drones are destroyed. 80% of Iranian missile production facilities destroyed. Hamas is an afterthought, Hezbollah getting wrecked in Lebanon. The Houthis are barely helping Iran.
Half the Iranian leadership is dead. Their economy in ruins. They’ve alienated all Gulf countries.
What did we get? An Iranian regime that’s been strategically heavily degraded. They’ll never get a nuclear weapon. They’ll never have tens of thousands of missiles and drones to shield themselves again. We’ve set the ground conditions for regime change.
It’s come at minimal cost to the US. Aircraft losses are minuscule. 13 KIA, but only 7 to enemy action. That’s nearly flawless, despite thousands of munitions fired by Iran.
From an operational standpoint, it’s been a decisive US victory. Strategically, Iran is the weakest it’s ever been.
Yet iran could not hit Israeli air fields, Navy , nuclear facilities, Wapons manufacturing, storage .
Israel still air raiding Iranian proxies and iran.
A few Bazookas and mortar shells mounted on missiles, reaching Israel didn't di much damage.
Thats what grudge makes you do. Iranian grudge against the Arabs is so deep that it takes priority. They have hit the Arabs harder than Israel. Even civilian infrastructure such as Dubai airport and oil fields .
Israel doesn't give two hoots about how much Iran hits Arbas.
What iran is doing is making new enemies, and existing enemies hate them even more.
This is not how interernational politics work.
Iran could have made friends with the Arabs by threatening them, but not hitting them, and concentrating on Israel
If they had pounder Israel, today no air raids would be happening.
