It is gradually becoming clear how painful the Israeli retaliatory strike was not only for the dictatorship in Iran, but also for the Russian authorities.
The blow to Iran’s air defense was particularly important, notes Mark Dubowitz, an Iran expert at the American think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Israel “neutralized several S-300 air defense systems,” demonstrating its ability to paralyze Iran’s defense forces, he noted.
Of particular significance is that Israel disabled Russian air defense systems, through which Iran protects its most important facilities without losing a single aircraft.
After this attack, the Islamist regime became even more vulnerable to future air attacks, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing Israeli sources.
The first group of fighter jets destroyed air defense batteries in Syria and Iraq to clear the route for the second and third waves of attacks on Iran, the report said.
The New York Times, citing Iranian government sources, said the attack caused “deep alarm” in Tehran. Now important energy and economic centers were defenseless.
The Israeli planes targeted not only Iran’s air defense system, but also drone and missile factories.
Israel has disabled 12 facilities used to produce fuel for ballistic missiles, which make up a large part of Iran’s arsenal, Axios reports.
A senior US official confirmed that the attack significantly weakened Iran’s missile production, Axios writes. The production of new installations, according to sources, can last at least a year.
While Iran remains a stockpile of missiles, it cannot produce new ones—and that would have serious consequences. Iran will no longer be able to supply ballistic missiles to Hezbollah terrorists (Lebanon) and Houthis (Yemen).
Israeli Middle East expert and Haaretz journalist Anshel Pfeffer writes on Platform X:
An important consequence of Israeli strikes on Iran is that Iran will not be able to supply ballistic missiles to Russia for many months until it restores its production capacity.
Iran has been supplying Moscow with ballistic missiles since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Source: Racurs
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