I doubt it. You can't engage coalition jets by turning on your SAM radar, they'll hunt you down pretty quick. Plus, SAM systems are limited in number that can be built vs the number of standoff munitions that can be produced or replenished.
Though one should not be foolhardy enough to trust his words, Trump seems to be clearly signaling his next battle plan is on infrastructure. From air. How does that suggest ground war? Even a cursory look at Iran suggests you need a couple of hundred ground troops for any kind of ground action. That is simply not there. Also, where are the weapons, armor, ammunition, supply lines etc. for a ground war? That needs 30 to 60 days to assemble at its fastest. And where will it be assembled in the middle of a war?
Iran can survive years of aerial bombing trust me. Almost all of their military infrastructure is underground, untouchable. It's a huge country with strategic depth. They can't go out of food and water. And definitely no shortage of manpower. Now what I just said doesn't apply to isreal and US troops in the middle east.
Nothing can be trusted from this trump regime. Their latest attacks on pharmaceutical companies to cause the shortage of medications to treat the wounded, and power plants is a clear indication that they are moving toward siege tactic. Their next phase will be destroying all the bridges to cause a disruption in the transportation of daily necessities; imagine if you can't transport food, water, medicine, ammunitions, personnels from one city, town to another. Bridge destruction is a tactic to isolate any place under siege of receiving supplies and "reinforcement". Don't be surprised if they will start hitting all the highways, tunnel highways, and roads next. Next phase of the attack will be the farms, farm land, cattle ranch, food processing plants, supermarkets, main stream water source, water infrastructures. This trump gang won't put ground troops to invade Iran's inland until they can starve the population and isolate Iranian cities and towns from each other. I hope what I'm saying will be wrong, but the situation is looking more and more like a total war.
