Aziqbal
Elite Member
Iran used its liquid ballistic missiles at the start of the war because refuelling them takes time and is dangerous above ground
At the start of the war Iran had 20-30 mins to get the launchers out fire and roll back underground
Now with US air dominance that had been reduced to less than 10 mins
So Iran switched to its solid state ballistic missiles which can be launched quickly and refuelled below ground
However Iran was running low on Sodium Perchlorate a key ingredient in the manufacture of solid state missiles
They had less than 1,000 tons left which was a enough for 300-400 more missiles which was roughly 10 days supply
Iran new they could not go on for more than 2 weeks and so a ceasefire buys them time to get more chemicals from China to re arm
For every ballistic missile the Americans fired 7-8 interceptors
Interceptors takes months and years to build
Iran can build ballistic missiles in days / weeks
Iran needs less and Americans need more
This pause helps Iran more than it helps USA
So this is why ceasefire was accepted by Iran because even they know situation was getting critical
At the start of the war Iran had 20-30 mins to get the launchers out fire and roll back underground
Now with US air dominance that had been reduced to less than 10 mins
So Iran switched to its solid state ballistic missiles which can be launched quickly and refuelled below ground
However Iran was running low on Sodium Perchlorate a key ingredient in the manufacture of solid state missiles
They had less than 1,000 tons left which was a enough for 300-400 more missiles which was roughly 10 days supply
Iran new they could not go on for more than 2 weeks and so a ceasefire buys them time to get more chemicals from China to re arm
For every ballistic missile the Americans fired 7-8 interceptors
Interceptors takes months and years to build
Iran can build ballistic missiles in days / weeks
Iran needs less and Americans need more
This pause helps Iran more than it helps USA
So this is why ceasefire was accepted by Iran because even they know situation was getting critical




