Iran and Hezbollah have found weaknesses in the Israeli early missile early warning system and are exploiting them ruthlessly. Here is how:
1) Iran targeted the Qatar-based AN/FPS-132 early-warning radar and multiple AN/TPY-2 X-band radars in Jordan, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. These systems previously provided the long-range detection needed for extended 10-minute warnings.
2) Hezbollah hit the Ha'Ela Teleport near Beit Shemesh. That is a crucial satellite communication station.
3) Iran has specifically targeted the Sdot Micha Air Base, which houses Arrow anti-ballistic missile systems and their associated Green Pine radars.
4) By systematically "blinding" the U.S. and Israeli radar network, Iran has turned a redundant sensor web into a "patchwork with serious gaps," exposing missile defense batteries to direct hits.
5) Iran and Hezbollah seem to be working toward a future mass salvo attack where enough of Israel's detection and interception layers have been degraded that more missiles get through. Each strike on infrastructure now is an investment in a bigger attack later.
6) The Qatar radar and UAE THAAD battery being struck reveals that Israel's defense partially rests on American systems that are themselves vulnerable and geographically distant. That's a fragile dependency.
7) Each system is designed for specific threats. A Patriot battery can handle certain drones but not long-range ballistic missiles, machine gun fire, or antitank missiles. This leaves gaps that adversaries exploit.
8) When you use an air defense battery to protect another air defense battery, it's no longer protecting civilian areas or other targets. In Israel's densely defended environment, this creates painful either/or choices.
9) As a result of all this, Israelis have since noticed shorter, or sometimes no, warning times.
There is deep frustration in Israel, both among civilians and officials, at its inability to protect citizens from barrages. The lies everyone is hearing on the media, that Hezbollah and Iran have been defeated and have no capabilities left, only make the frustration worse.
@truHonestTakes@chrisbrunet You were always considered an evil empire with no honour or dignity by middle easterners.. but now the whole world sees you as such.
In the 3rd century, the Persian king Bahram II minted coins showing himself with his wife and son, reflecting a culture that honored family. At the same time, in the forests of what is now Germany, the distant ancestors of Donald Trump lived in scattered tribal settlements without states, cities, or coinage. History has long memories.
The simple and unpretentious presence of the new leader of Iran at a meeting of parents and teachers at his son's school. The great leaders of Iran have lived extremely popular and simple lives.
✍️ a Turkish user wrote:
There was a concern that refugees from Iran would flood into Turkey just like Syria and Iraq, but the opposite happened.
Iranians, instead of leaving the country, returned to their homeland right in the heart of the war...
There's a reason that we call the people of Iran an 'ancient nation.'
@AmmarMetawa أكثر خلق الله كذبا وتدليسا هم السوريون. ضع الخطاب كاملا يا عرص. بعدين، عشرات الالاف من السوريين كانوا يعيشون في الضاحية والجنوب والبقاع يا منافق