2025 Israel - Iranian conflict

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Surpluswarrior

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Anlsvrthng said:
It is simple propaganda.

90% of the damage done by infiltration groups.

The Israel Air Force played only suplemental role.
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Yes. I am aware that sabotage groups were responsible for most of Israel's "air campaign" in the early stages.

I posted that article as it is an admission by U.S. media that it was necessary for them to enact regime-change in Syria in order to proceed with their grander designs.
 
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SlothmanAllen

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If the US does strike, I am interested to see how many assets they deploy to the region. In theory, they could have several hundred Air Force aircraft deployed. In a big operation, how many aircraft can the Air Force deploy on a short time scale (two weeks)?

The total inventory is 2,027 aircraft as of September 2024. So I assume you could probably get ~600 F-15, F-16, F-22 and F-35 deployed to the region if they wanted to go for a large strike. This assumes they have the airbases in the region to support such a large deployment.

Outside of the Air Force, the Navy can also deploy a large number of aircraft. This likely depends on the number of carriers deployed to the region. The Navy has a large number of F-18 E/F's in its inventory, so a couple hundred should not be out of the question.

I think in a large deployment that the US Armed Forces could deploy anywhere from ~800 to 1200 aircraft to the region (assuming the bases can support such a deployment).
 
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Hmm
It seems Israel opted for a more night time operation for yesterday/today strikes. This seems imply that Iran has manage to so far in reactivating much of their Air Defense capabilities.
 
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The U.S. military conducted air strikes on
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's nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan on Sunday morning local time,
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announced on Truth Social.
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In the days leading up to the strike, Trump and his team became increasingly convinced that diplomacy had run its course — and that military action would be necessary to eliminate Iran's nuclear program.
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  • He
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    last week, exploring a backchannel meeting with Iranian officials in Istanbul, brokered by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
  • Trump was willing to send White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Vice President Vance — or even attend the talks himself if necessary.
  • But the effort collapsed when Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was in hiding over fears of Israeli assassination, couldn't be reached to authorize the meeting.
Since then, Iran has
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with the U.S. unless Israel halts its attacks. Trump, now convinced no deal is possible, appears to have moved ahead with the military option he once hoped to avoid.
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Here’s the thinking behind Trump’s decision. Iran is pretty much screwed unfortunately. Guess it was always Israel First.
 
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