You want Iran to find 1 pilot in this terrain:
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Last picture is Lordegan area which is just KMs away from where helicopters were reported.
Judging Iran’s ground forces because they cannot find a needle in a haystack is very short sighted.
US special forces are the best in the world. Hands down. No debate. The U.S. military excels at two tasks really really well: Blitzkreig air attack operations (Midnight Hammer) and Special Forces raids (Bin Laden raid, Al Baghdadi raid).
You cannot expect Iran to match the U.S. in either of these two areas or even come close.
The good news is, Iranian islands and coastline won’t be invaded by tens of thousands of special forces, it will be infantry and marines having to attack then hold territory and defend. That’s very different than quick infiltration operations by highly skilled operators