>>392477>>392436No, unfortunately not. In fact, I personally only managed to catch the flash of Israeli bombs exploding in the sky twice at the right moment. And luckily, nothing has exploded too close to me so far. My parents are in Bandar Abbas, while I'm here in Tehran.
Let me point out something important:
Right before Iran launched its first wave of attacks last night toward Israel, the Iranian air defense suddenly started performing better, intercepting most of the incoming attacks. From what I've read (though keep in mind, since I'm on one side of this conflict, I can't guarantee that I get completely accurate and full info), apparently Israel had hacked Iran's integrated air defense network beforehand and disabled a large portion of it. That's why Iran couldn't respond properly during the first hours. But shortly before launching its own attack, Iran regained full control of its air defense, and from that point on, it started countering Israeli strikes much more effectively.
That shift has led Israel to focus more on drone operations inside Iran, something like how ukraine uses drones against russia.
This image is actually published by Iran's ministry of intelligence, telling civilians to report any suspicious activity involving vehicles like that. A lot of recent explosions seem to be caused this way. And apparently, it's been effective in helping catch several infiltrators, which could be useful for intelligence.
As for the point that Israel can't rely solely on air power, well, the truth is it doesn't really have much of a choice. Israel has invested heavily in its air force (thanks to all that tax money and american/european aid), so it's built its strategy around that. But in terms of ground warfare, Israel has almost no practical access to Iran, and even if it somehow gets involved on the ground, Iran's army would have the upper hand. The same goes for the naval front. Also, Iran's missile capabilities are superior to Israel's, which is why Israel is trying to strike from within.
Honestly, Israel's big mistake was playing most of its cards all at once. Sure, it got a hot start, but it also exposed the presence of its agents in Iran, used almost every type of weapon it had at hand, and fully revealed its attack strategy to Iran.
Now, as those internal infiltrators are being discovered and arrested, and Israel's offensive resources are running low, it's being cornered. What's left on the table are risky weapons, forced American intervention, or ultimately, nuclear war.
Iran, on the other hand, hasn't even used all of its military tools yet, and it's gradually gaining control of the situation. If things continue this way, this war is going to turn against Israel in the long run.
I really don't know what does Iran want from these attacks. It wants to make it so long and make Israel weak and then attack it with more risky weapons, or it's waiting until U.S or Russia do something?
>>392479>>392483I think the world's gonna have a bad energy crisis.
>>392484Yeah, that's been its goal from the beginning. But now it wants to do it directly and has openly admitted to it.
The thing is, Iran also has the same mindset as Israel.
It's very hard for a war like this to end unless one side is completely destroyed or truly surrenders.