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Air force is much more multipurpose thing than ballistic missiles. For example campaign like in Karabakh u cant achieve with ballistic missiles. Or both US Gulf wars. Ballistic missiles are limited basically to causing damage. But even damage with air force u can cause much more in prolonged...

Aster-30 much better than ESSM.

From what I read Egyptian FREMM has A43 VLS, meaning only Aster 15 can be loaded.

Well range and guidance is similar. Python and Hisar-A - IR seeker Derby and Hisar-O - RF seeker

HISAR is closer to Sypder family:

Pac-3 not purchased (David's Sling better an cheaper). Barak used only at sea. Spyder only for export (its anti aircraft system and for Israel highest priority is missile defense).

All Mahbets are phased out long time ago. Their guns are totally ineffective in modern times and Stingers have too short range/altitude as well. Currently all Israeli air defence systems are: 1) Iron Dome 2) David's Sling 3) Arrow 2 4) Arrow 3 5) Patriot PAC 2 (will be phased out too)

Iron dome uses ELM-2084 S-band radar. S band is good for long range detection, its good for detection of stealthy targets and jam resistant. But it has low accuracy compare to cm and especially mm wave radars. That's why the seeker is absolutely must have for the Iron Dome. RF seeker would...

Artillery rockets are very small very fast targets, so in order to intercept them you need very high accuracy, so seeker is absolutely necessary. Also in later models Iron Dome was adopted to UAVs and cruise missiles. Active radar seeker would be very expensive. That's why much cheaper IR...

Tamir has IR seeker. The range is not disclosed based on its size its around 20-30 km. Barak 8 speed is not disclosed either. Its range without booster is 70 km (with booster 150 km). And based on this range it's max speed is much more than 2 Mach.

Unknown device installed instead of Phalanx. According to warning sight it's some kind of laser.

Maintain decent air force is very expensive thing. But when its needed it can provide insane amount of firepower. Also air force is the only effective air defence.

The cost of long range ballistic missiles is comparable to cost of space vehicles. In fact Iranian Safir space launcher is a modified Shahab-3. Now lets see how many launches of Safir we had at all: 8 launches in 12 years. 4 of them failed. And you are trying to say that Iran has 100500 long...

1) You will need a ballistic missile per shelter. 2) 1100+ km range ballistic missiles are extremely expensive. Iran cant afford many of them. In fact no country can. Thats why without nuclear warheads they dont make much sense. 3) Solid fuel does not make a missile harder to intercept. 4)...

That's total nonsense. All Israeli planes are located in protected concrete shelters. Israel has Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 missile defence and number of long range ballistic missiles is very limited.

If you have 100 F-16s you can make easily 3,000 sorties in a month delivering some 6,000 tons of ammo. With 100 ballistic missiles u can only deliver 100 t. Plus with air force u can achieve air superiority, CAS, anti ship and so on. Israel spends on ballistic missiles very small amount...

Here is my concept of urban/asymmetric warfare tank: * 3 crew capsule protected from all sides with thick armor (not just front like in Russian Armata). * Armament in manless turret: 35-40-mm cannon with programmed explosion rounds (I chose this caliber for high elevation and no detonation...

According to former Armenian ambassador Mikael Minasyan Armenia lost 4750 soldiers: 2250 killed in morgue 1400 killed not delivered yet to morgue 1100 missing https://news.am/rus/news/613327.html These numbers look reliable to me. Anyway Armenian soldiers fought very well in these circumstances.

On IAF site no mention of maneuver kill. On 14th May 1981 an IAF Firebee was carrying out a photography flight above the Lebanon Valley. During the operation the Syrians launched a MiG-21 to bring down the 'photographer'. The MiG pilot approached the area of the UAV and suddenly stalled...

Old Israeli navy flagship (Saar 5) vs. new.