Israel might be the most lethal military in the world right now – including us. The combination of intelligence, precision, and lethality is remarkable. What we are learning is that while Iran is a deadly world actor through their support of terrorist groups, they are rather weak in terms actual military power. That’s why they want the nuke… and that’s why they can’t have it.
Israel launched strikes across Iran on Friday, saying they targeted the “heart” of Iran’s nuclear programme.
The strikes killed Hossein Salami, chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards – a powerful branch of the country’s armed forces – other senior military figures and nuclear scientists.
Civilians, including children, were also among those killed, Iranian state media reported. The BBC is not able to independently verify these reports.
The Israeli military said Iran launched about 100 drones towards Israel on Friday morning, which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was intercepting. A state of emergency was declared in Israel.
The US said it was not involved in the strikes. Multiple strikes were reported, including on Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility.
“Israel says attacks on Iran are ‘nothing’ compared with what is coming”
The opposite of saber rattling.
Both the US and Brits have been flying aerial refueling support missions for the Israelis.
The Brits have been staging out of Akrotiri with both tankers and Typhoons, using a Sinai route into Jordan before turning transponders off near the Iraq border. The Typhoons are likely just escorts for the tankers, but they are quite capable of delivering ordnance, too.
US KC35 pairs have been crossing directly over Israel and overflying Jordan, also going dark at the Iraq border. If they have escorts they ain’t squawking.