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Yo this is crazy.
Exactly.That point about Armenia doesn't support the argument, as that was not a case of ability but of will.
It’s a grave mistake to underestimate Russia. And a really dead one.It’s not whataboutism. I am simply pointing out clear facts that Russia is in no position to help someone, especially against a much stronger foe like the US.
How many F-35 Israel has lost?
With what? They couldn’t protect their own territory in Kursk against Ukrainian attacks. How could they possibly protect Iran from the US?
I mean, Kursk failed and was a huge miscalculation on Ukraine's part, likely accelerating the gains Russia's been making in the east the last couple of weeks. But yeah, the broader point stands, there's no way in hell Putin's re-directing military assets from Russia's west & Ukraine's east to help out the Ayatollah. Let alone if the U.S. is involved in whatever goes down in Iran.
As for the F-35s, I'd seriously doubt any were taken out, the air photography makes the damage on the bases look pretty limited. Frankly, it's probably a good thing if Iran *did* waste a fifth-gen fighter or multiple of them that way though - it'll make the response all the more necessary & crushing by the IDF. There's literally nothing so far indicating they lost any stealth fighters on the ground in the Iranian barrage though - true, they likely wouldn't admit to it if they did - but I thought we were supposed to substantiate claims here. If they lost 35s, prove it.
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Apperantly, these were used in the attack this time. (Visual confirmations so far)
The first two, Ghadr-110 and Emad are old. (With not so good CEP) The later two, Khyber Shekhan and Fattah-1 are newer. Apperantly, Fattah-1 is their 'hyperopic' weapon. The MaRV is equipped with secondary thrust vectoring motor along with large conventional control surfaces as you can see. I am no expert, but by the external look of it, Both Kheibar Shekhan and Fattah-1 should be able to pull some heavy maneuver. They also seems to have better guidance with improved (claimed) CEP of 10m. At least in test videos they seem to do well. But then again, under combat situation with GPS jamming, it is a different matter.
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VIDEO: Iran's Fattah-1 hypersonic missile
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – The footage shows the capability of Iran's Fattah-1 hypersonic missile. The missile successfully hits the target as the video clip shows.en.mehrnews.com
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Likely we have got an answer, it is not the GPS denial that effects these missiles, some i see a 500 meter CEP50 there.
Some missiles are highly accurate, likely the propulsive MaRV and others which has conducted the maneuvers have penetrate with lacking precision. So it is either: maneuver and miss, don't maneuver and be a target to the BMD / Iron Dome and hope 1 in 50 passes through after the saturation.
All in all, they proved one thing; Israel is "touchable", and not an air-defense God, they bleed but this is nothing but a scratch. Given enough of missiles, better ones and an intelligence protection they may sustain a wider damage.
So judging by photos Iran did pretty much NOTHING to IDF base.
Few not important hits and base as a whole is operational.
And that was this BIG attack?
Again, it was attack for a show and not to start a war.