Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds
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Persian Gulf
INT'L MOD
C-130 and MQ-9 and helicopters flying deep in Iran for hours in broad daylight ...
did we send all our MANPADs to other countries or something?
Artesh has no base in that entire province?
Persian Gulf
INT'L MOD
more missile launches
relatively high tempo last few days
KPK-4Ever
Registered Member
Capturing the pilot would be a huge morale boost. If a ground invasion is imminent, maybe Iran doesn't want to mobilize troops and risk losing tactical advantage or revealing its hand. Iran's success will largely depend on the local population defending its territory. I could be wrong, but that's the way I see it.
Persian Gulf
INT'L MOD
good response to the UAE sending their UAV into Iran (which was shot down)...
Persian Gulf
INT'L MOD
no, it's a large mountainous province and now it is night time, he will be hard to find
best approach now may be to follow and ambush the US rescue aircraft
jamal18
Registered Member
They were hoping to get the Lebanese army to do their work for them.
Immortals
Elite Member
Do you realize the earth is curved? A plane flying below a radar’s azimuth means it stays undetected. It’s not magic, it’s how radar waves work, they are blasted upwards from their source. Mountains block radar waves (assuming Iran has any)
So yes it wouldn’t be too hard for helicopters to fly 50-100KM inside Iran low and thru remote regions to find the pilots. Ukraine does this all the time.
Manpads have a range of a few KM. Again you think IRGC are sitting in mountains just hoping a plane flies above them in a country the size of most of Europe.
Bases were evacuated weeks ago. And it wouldn’t be Artesh mission. It would be spec ops team rapid deployment teams that would take the call.
Reza_mad claimed 2 hours before any news came out that the one pilot was rescued, that the pilot was rescued and another captured by Iran.
So let’s see if he’s right:
Pakistani Dragon
Elite Member
Now even US helicopters are flying inside Iran at such low altitudes?
Can Iran not attack it with a drone if no air defence is available?
Ali_Baba
VIP Member
Lebanese "Army" does not do anything for anyone anywhere at all. Not their country, not their people and not for Israel either it seems. It should be "disbanded" and the money spent on better policing maybe ?
PakistanLVR
Registered Member
Rightly said. I don't why some Pakistani keep bringing up Air Force silver bullet when the missiles are doing a much better job without wear and tear factor on the pilot and machine. The missiles took out much of the IADS in the region. What would have been the plan to attack the entity? Going through heavily defended air space where you're easily tracked?
Look at the indian air force in their failed May 2025 operation, started lobbing drones and missiles onto Pakistan. Even PAF had limitation or else they would have carry the advantage after the first day - which they didn't and decided to just sit back. Iran's IQ is top 5 in the world, they were prepared from day 1 - even I had to eat my own words. The problems with Islamic nations is that they want to fight like non-Muslims and when they get wrecked, they want to double-down. The Islamic way of war - fast, agile, wide spread over a large area is what expanded the Muslim's footprint. Iran is continuing that tradition. Whereas the West since the days of Ancient Greece were always heavy cavalry and infantry. Those ensure quick victories in short wars, but hit a wall in long, drawn out wars.
