Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

[vmro]

According to the baby-murderers, the israelis have achieved their objectives in Lebanon and have withdrawn 9 out of 13 battalions in the border regions of South Lebanon.

Litani river is Israel’s national high valued goal, not only as safe zones but for water itself, river itself is target...

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Litani river is Israel’s national high valued goal, not only as safe zones but for water itself, river itself is target...

But have the israelis captured the Litani River?

 

[vmro]

But have the israelis captured the Litani River?

During Bibi's sweet dreams, yes, both banks....

 

[tsunset]

Our launchers & platforms have been charged and are prepared to respond to any potential aggression from the Zionist regime.

He added that Iran’s multilayered defense is in full readiness:

“Many of our missile launch platforms have not yet been used, and if aggression occurs, we will use missiles for the first time that have destructive power that will astonish the world.”

Esmail Kowsari also denied CNN’s claims of Iran’s speculated time to attack, and said:

The timing and method of Iran’s response have not been finalized, and any action will be coordinated with our allies in the region.

Iran’s response will probably involve a combined multi-combo attack from different fronts, including Iran’s.

Kowsari further elaborated that military planners are drafting “True Promise-3,” carefully evaluating all aspects — timing, objectives, pros, and cons of each stage before, during, and after action.

He concluded that, “Necessary measures will be taken at the right time.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

During Bibi's sweet dreams, yes, both banks....

All the creatures from baby-murdering land believe this.

 

[StrategicBear]

But that plan can go awry when or if Israel makes a preemptive attack......

 

[UKBengali]

But that plan can go awry when or if Israel makes a preemptive attack......

If they decided to respond then it should be as soon as possible.

Best timing would be on the day of the US election.

 

[MS Sandhu]

No, you cannot.

A simple TELAR of Khordad-3 system buried in the desert or hidding inside a farm (in a pure ukraninan style) can switch on the radar, launch two missiles and shoot down one, switch off the radar and change position.

I think you don´t understand the IRGC doctrine of asymetric warfare. That is the reason why they invest heavily in road mobile launch system with radars, from old Tabas to newest Arman systems all of them share the capability of operating with a single vehicle, track and shoot missiles against any enemy aircraft. Even Azarakash SHORADs are designed to be able to operate in a single vehicle.

You can destroy all S300 PMU-2, and after them all Bavar 373, and even many Mersad and Khordad 16 systems, but IRGC will always have any Tabas, 3rd Khordad or even a Arman ready to use in their multiple underground or improvised dugouts.

These SHORADS have very limited range
US Air Force can sanitize some specific route using its stealthy assets and B52s can operate from that route to strike its targets.

 

[Sarhang]

IR has to respond. Lack of any serious response will just embolden the Israelis.

 

[Khorasan Black Flags]

That is why I miss principlists especially Shaheed Ebrahim Raisi

Many of the reformists are paid agents/spies and work for the enemies

 

[Tijani]

That is why I miss principlists especially Shaheed Ebrahim Raisi

Many of the reformists are paid agents/spies and work for the enemies

Unfortunately you're so right! Last time I was in Iran I met so many, specially in Teheran and Esfahan, who fit the bill. Their wettest dream was to be pretend liberal Westerners and to be in the West. Alhamdu lillaah there's still a healthy majority who make up the beating heart of the Islamic Republic!

 

[Khorasan Black Flags]

Unfortunately you're so right! Last time I was in Iran I met so many, specially in Teheran and Esfahan, who fit the bill. Their wettest dream was to be pretend liberal Westerners and to be in the West. Alhamdu lillaah there's still a healthy majority who make up the beating heart of the Islamic Republic!

Reformists are cancer [since beginning of Islamic revolution] and need to get destroyed for stronger Iran

 

[F-22Raptor]

Israel Inflicted Severe Damage on Iran’s Missile Program and Air Defenses​

WASHINGTON—Israel’s punishing airstrike against Iran last month shredded Tehran’s strategic air defenses and severely damaged missile production facilities, leaving it badly exposed to future attacks, U.S. and Israeli officials said.

That has sharply raised the risks for Iran should it follow through on threats to carry out another round of missile strikes against Israel in coming days, current and former officials said.

On Oct. 26, Israel struck key facilities for producing solid-fueled missiles at the sprawling Parchin military site near Tehran and at the Shahroud ballistic missile and space center run by Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, commercial satellite photos have shown. It also knocked out Russian-made S-300 missile defense systems.

Tehran still has hundreds of missiles that can reach Israel and do significant damage should they penetrate Israeli defenses, according to Western officials. But the damage to Iran’s air defenses would make it easier for Israel to retaliate against even more sensitive targets, including the country’s leadership, energy infrastructure and perhaps nuclear sites. That is a risk Tehran will have to factor in.

“The operational debate in Iran is likely dominated less by what can Iran do but how will Iran defend itself when Israel retaliates,” said Norman Roule, a former Middle East specialist at the Central Intelligence Agency. “This is unlikely to be an easy discussion and may produce sharp debates within Iran’s senior leadership.”

Israel hit around 20 targets last late month, staying within the red lines Washington had pushed for the attack. While Iran initially played down the attack, some senior Iranian officials are now talking about mounting an aggressive retaliation.

“We will give an unimaginable response to the enemy,” Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of the Revolutionary Guard, said this past week.

The Israeli attack was carried out in three waves, beginning with Iran’s strategic air defenses. Strikes landed within about 7 yards of S-300 batteries, rendering the Russian-made defense systems inoperable. It could take several months for Iran to fix or replace those systems if they receive Russian assistance, a regional security official said.

The next wave arrived about 80 minutes later, focusing on ballistic missile production. The final wave, an hour later, struck radars, headquarters, antennas and some missile launchers.

The operation was intended to demonstrate to Iran that the Israelis could strike all over the country. “We wanted them to realize they were exposed,” a regional security officer said Friday.

Some U.S. officials said that Iran’s production of solid-fueled missiles could be delayed by a year or more.

Israel’s main targets at the missile facilities were so-called planetary mixers, which are used to blend components for solid rocket fuel used in its most advanced missile. The mixers can’t be easily replaced, analysts said.

While most of Iran’s missiles are liquid-fueled, the attack delivered a blow to some of Iran’s most valued weapons programs
Israel hit around a dozen mixing facilities at three sites, most of which were destroyed. In addition to Parchin, two buildings at Iran’s ballistic-missile complex at Khojir and buildings at the Revolutionary Guard’s Shahroud space center site were damaged, said Fabian Hinz, research fellow for defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

has long been used to produce solid propellant fueled space launchers, but there is strong evidence that the Revolutionary Guard has also been using it to build ballistic missiles. There is one solid propellant facility Israel apparently didn’t hit—possibly because it was producing solid propellant motors for shorter-range missiles, Hinz said.

Israel’s strikes, according to experts and former officials, had a second potentially significant impact, facilitating a future strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities by making it less risky to operate in Iranian airspace.

“I think Iran is the most vulnerable they have been in many years to another Israeli attack,” said retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command.

The Revolutionary Guard, which has lost senior officers in previous Israeli airstrikes in Syria and Lebanon, is eager to strike back, according to regional analysts. But other Iranian officials are likely to be more cautious.

The degree of precision Israel showed in its attacks underscored to Iran’s leadership how vulnerable the country’s military and civilian assets and infrastructure have become, analysts said.

“Israel not only opted to destroy the defensive shield protecting some of Iran’s nuclear and oil installation, but also to reinforce the message that Iran was so deeply penetrated that Israel would know precisely where and how to hit effectively Iran’s most sensitive missile and nuclear weapons related facilities,” said Ariel Levite, a senior fellow in the nuclear policy program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former Israeli official.

Though Israel stayed away from Iran’s nuclear sites in last month’s attacks, it did hit a building at Parchin that had been used by Iran to conduct suspected nuclear weapons research, satellite imagery showed.

The strikes on S-300 air defense batteries have made it easier for Israel to hit Tehran’s nuclear sites if it decides to do so in future attacks, said Michael Horowitz, the Israel-based head of intelligence for the consulting firm Le Beck.

“These phased attacks are complex, as airplanes can’t stay in the air forever and would have to come back home at some point. Now, phase one of the attack is done—this makes things easier for any future attack,” he said.

With Iran’s most advanced missile defenses out of operation, Israel could move aerial refueling tankers closer to the border, which would enable its warplanes to carry heavier payloads and less fuel, Horowitz said.

Iran’s space program is considered by Western officials as a pathway for it to develop intercontinental missiles, giving its engineers experience in developing powerful booster rockets that could be used for longer-range missiles.

Solid-propellant missiles are considered more reliable than those with liquid fuel because they can be stored far longer and are less volatile. Solid-fueled missiles are much more practical to use in a swift, large-scale mass attack, such as the one Iran launched against Israel on Oct. 1.

The Revolutionary Guard unveiled the Kheibar Shekan missile in 2022. Last year, it inaugurated the Fattah-1. The Guard said the missiles have a range of around 1,400 kilometers, or about 870 miles, putting Israel in their reach.

Israel also hit two long-range Iranian radars near the Iraqi border and carried out a limited strike around the Abadan refinery in a possible warning about future hits on oil facilities.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-inflicted-severe-damage-on-irans-missile-program-and-air-defenses-207aafae?mod=mhp

 

[LongLiveIran]

That is why I miss principlists especially Shaheed Ebrahim Raisi

Many of the reformists are paid agents/spies and work for the enemies

True Promise 2 was miles better than True Promise 1.
At the end of the day, the reformists alone do not make decisions like this in the system.
The Council of National Security decides in situations like this and the reformists are in the minority there even now.

 

[StrategicBear]

Israel Inflicted Severe Damage on Iran’s Missile Program and Air Defenses​

WASHINGTON—Israel’s punishing airstrike against Iran last month shredded Tehran’s strategic air defenses and severely damaged missile production facilities, leaving it badly exposed to future attacks, U.S. and Israeli officials said.

That has sharply raised the risks for Iran should it follow through on threats to carry out another round of missile strikes against Israel in coming days, current and former officials said.

On Oct. 26, Israel struck key facilities for producing solid-fueled missiles at the sprawling Parchin military site near Tehran and at the Shahroud ballistic missile and space center run by Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, commercial satellite photos have shown. It also knocked out Russian-made S-300 missile defense systems.

Tehran still has hundreds of missiles that can reach Israel and do significant damage should they penetrate Israeli defenses, according to Western officials. But the damage to Iran’s air defenses would make it easier for Israel to retaliate against even more sensitive targets, including the country’s leadership, energy infrastructure and perhaps nuclear sites. That is a risk Tehran will have to factor in.

“The operational debate in Iran is likely dominated less by what can Iran do but how will Iran defend itself when Israel retaliates,” said Norman Roule, a former Middle East specialist at the Central Intelligence Agency. “This is unlikely to be an easy discussion and may produce sharp debates within Iran’s senior leadership.”

Israel hit around 20 targets last late month, staying within the red lines Washington had pushed for the attack. While Iran initially played down the attack, some senior Iranian officials are now talking about mounting an aggressive retaliation.

“We will give an unimaginable response to the enemy,” Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of the Revolutionary Guard, said this past week.

The Israeli attack was carried out in three waves, beginning with Iran’s strategic air defenses. Strikes landed within about 7 yards of S-300 batteries, rendering the Russian-made defense systems inoperable. It could take several months for Iran to fix or replace those systems if they receive Russian assistance, a regional security official said.

The next wave arrived about 80 minutes later, focusing on ballistic missile production. The final wave, an hour later, struck radars, headquarters, antennas and some missile launchers.

The operation was intended to demonstrate to Iran that the Israelis could strike all over the country. “We wanted them to realize they were exposed,” a regional security officer said Friday.

Some U.S. officials said that Iran’s production of solid-fueled missiles could be delayed by a year or more.

Israel’s main targets at the missile facilities were so-called planetary mixers, which are used to blend components for solid rocket fuel used in its most advanced missile. The mixers can’t be easily replaced, analysts said.

While most of Iran’s missiles are liquid-fueled, the attack delivered a blow to some of Iran’s most valued weapons programs
Israel hit around a dozen mixing facilities at three sites, most of which were destroyed. In addition to Parchin, two buildings at Iran’s ballistic-missile complex at Khojir and buildings at the Revolutionary Guard’s Shahroud space center site were damaged, said Fabian Hinz, research fellow for defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

has long been used to produce solid propellant fueled space launchers, but there is strong evidence that the Revolutionary Guard has also been using it to build ballistic missiles. There is one solid propellant facility Israel apparently didn’t hit—possibly because it was producing solid propellant motors for shorter-range missiles, Hinz said.

Israel’s strikes, according to experts and former officials, had a second potentially significant impact, facilitating a future strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities by making it less risky to operate in Iranian airspace.

“I think Iran is the most vulnerable they have been in many years to another Israeli attack,” said retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command.

The Revolutionary Guard, which has lost senior officers in previous Israeli airstrikes in Syria and Lebanon, is eager to strike back, according to regional analysts. But other Iranian officials are likely to be more cautious.

The degree of precision Israel showed in its attacks underscored to Iran’s leadership how vulnerable the country’s military and civilian assets and infrastructure have become, analysts said.

“Israel not only opted to destroy the defensive shield protecting some of Iran’s nuclear and oil installation, but also to reinforce the message that Iran was so deeply penetrated that Israel would know precisely where and how to hit effectively Iran’s most sensitive missile and nuclear weapons related facilities,” said Ariel Levite, a senior fellow in the nuclear policy program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former Israeli official.

Though Israel stayed away from Iran’s nuclear sites in last month’s attacks, it did hit a building at Parchin that had been used by Iran to conduct suspected nuclear weapons research, satellite imagery showed.

The strikes on S-300 air defense batteries have made it easier for Israel to hit Tehran’s nuclear sites if it decides to do so in future attacks, said Michael Horowitz, the Israel-based head of intelligence for the consulting firm Le Beck.

“These phased attacks are complex, as airplanes can’t stay in the air forever and would have to come back home at some point. Now, phase one of the attack is done—this makes things easier for any future attack,” he said.

With Iran’s most advanced missile defenses out of operation, Israel could move aerial refueling tankers closer to the border, which would enable its warplanes to carry heavier payloads and less fuel, Horowitz said.

Iran’s space program is considered by Western officials as a pathway for it to develop intercontinental missiles, giving its engineers experience in developing powerful booster rockets that could be used for longer-range missiles.

Solid-propellant missiles are considered more reliable than those with liquid fuel because they can be stored far longer and are less volatile. Solid-fueled missiles are much more practical to use in a swift, large-scale mass attack, such as the one Iran launched against Israel on Oct. 1.

The Revolutionary Guard unveiled the Kheibar Shekan missile in 2022. Last year, it inaugurated the Fattah-1. The Guard said the missiles have a range of around 1,400 kilometers, or about 870 miles, putting Israel in their reach.

Israel also hit two long-range Iranian radars near the Iraqi border and carried out a limited strike around the Abadan refinery in a possible warning about future hits on oil facilities.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-inflicted-severe-damage-on-irans-missile-program-and-air-defenses-207aafae?mod=mhp

The damage to Iranian air defense capabilities is minimal.

Did you Westerners really think the S-300 hit was all Iran had for AD? I think more are kept in reserves to make the Israelis and Americans surprised when they do come barging in with their planes thinking all AD systems are destroyed already! Heck, I dare say Iran might have some hidden S-400 batteries or a local equivalent developed in secret, waiting to be taken out from an unknown mountain base.

And Iran's ballistic missile production capabilities are still alive and well; most of the main production material are in underground dispersed locations where US surveillance assets can't pinpoint exactly where.

Israel is gonna be shocked beyond belief when they see the surprises Iran has in store for them and the USA that will severely knock them out cold and teach that Satanyahu demon a lesson.