Why Iran still hasn’t retaliated for Israel’s July 30th and 31st assassinations
On August 5th, Sergei Shoigu, who recently was promoted from being Russia’s Minister of Defense, to the post of Secretary of the Security Council, met in Tehran with Iran’s President and other top Iranian officials, and agreed to supply to Iran the world’s 2nd-best air-defense systems, the S-400 Triumph systems, from Russia (second-best only to the S-500 system, which is in shorter supply). Right now, Iran is still awaiting the installation and setup of these systems, and that’s why Iran hasn’t yet attacked Israel after those assassinations.
The S-400 is considered by all experts that I have consulted, to be highly likely to be effective against the two main categories of weapons that the U.S. is preparing to unleash against Iran, by the hundreds, when Iran will respond to those assassinations: Tomahawk missiles, and stealth F-35 and F-22 fighter jets. The Tomahawks are not stealth, and they are subsonic (very slow), but they have the advantage of flying very close to the ground and thus being undetectable by most radars. However, the S-400 Triumph’s radar can track all altitudes, and its missiles fly at a large multiple of the Tomahawk’s speed, and so the system is well suited to hitting Tomahawks. A single S-400 can simultaneously engage 36 targets; and, so, perhaps 10 to 20 S-400s will be needed in order for Iran to deal with the hundreds of missiles and planes that will likely soon be coming Iran’s way in a few days from the U.S. forces. Israel might also be sending its own planes and missiles there, but not likely if Hezbollah in Lebanon unleashes simultaneously against Israel their tens of thousands of missiles, in which case, this would be at least a two-front war for Israel, and so, quite possibly, not predictable as to its ultimate outcome. It might be a victory by Israel against Hezbollah but a victory by Iran against the U.S.; or else it could be a victory by the U.S. against Iran but a defeat of Israel by Hezbollah; or else the Iran-Russia alliance could either win or lose together against the Israel-U.S. alliance together. But the outcome — whatever it would be — could have massive future international repercussions, for each one of the four parties that are involved in it. Furthermore: if not only the U.S. but also Israel end up losing, then that might quickly terminate America’s being the world’s #1 power; so, that would be the biggest upset ever since America became the unchallengeable #1 power when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991.
If Israel responds to the missiles from both Iran and Hezbollah by dropping one or more nuclear bombs upon Iran, then either that possibility has already been discussed between American and Russian officials and they will have together anticipated and come to an agreement about what will happen after; or else, they won’t have come to any such mutual agreement; and, if the latter is the case, then either what will come after it will be WW3 between America and Russia, or else America will be abandoning Israel at that point, because, in that situation, the U.S. officials would need to decide whether continuing its alliance with Israel would be worth escalating this matter into becoming a world-annihilating war. If the answer to that question is no, then the entire world, except for perhaps the farthest-rightwing Israelis, will suddenly become greatly relieved to find that there is a limit to how insane America’s leaders are.
In point of fact: the U.S. Government has NO treaty or other ‘legal’ obligation to escalate at that point to WW3. There isn’t even a ‘NATO Treaty’ type of such U.S. obligation regarding Israel. If the U.S. Government chooses at that point to do so (escalate to WW3), it would be entirely optional — not at all obligatory, in any sense.
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Makes sense all around! To Iran and Russia and the world. Make sure Iran's ballistic missile defence is as strong as possible before risking a major hit on Israel. The Russians also have hypersonic ballistic missiles and so do the Iranians. The Israelis do not because their weaponry is US supplied. So Israel has supersonic Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles. The S-400 system can deal with these as well as dealing with any strike aircraft the Israelis have, including the F-35. The most worrisome threat (and it threatens the entire world) is that Israel has deliverable nuclear warheads and the leaders who have boasted of their willingness to use them. So any IRBM or any plane launched from Israel which could be carrying a nuke has to be shot down. The Saudis have said they will no longer permit Israeli planes to be refuelled in KSA airspace, so that's reassuring.
This is exactly why Russian service people are in Iran with those S-400 systems. Russia is through trusting Israel or the US. If an IRBM is launched from Israel the Russians WILL shoot it down. And then will come an obliterating attack on Israeli air assets and bases. If the Iranians or Hezbollah can't do it the Russians WILL.
Since western sanctions destroyed the foreign-held wealth of the Russian "Oligarchs" Putin has no longer any need to pussy-foot around these gangsters. Now he can kick them out or jail them and his government is free of them. Their power was established in the 1990s with the aid of American carpet baggers. The sanctions cut them off at the knees. The sanctions made Russians depend on their own products and agriculture and industry and now the economy is strong and growing and free. Now the Atlanticist US/EU gangsters are gone! And that includes the Israeli mob.
So no more pussy-footing with Israel, not when it comes to nukes!
Saturation with Tomahawks, drones, decoys and HARM suppression will deplete the anti-aircraft systems and allow F-35 to do the mission it was primarily created for. Destroying S-300, 400, 500 and any other anti-aircraft systems along with the enemy fighters at standoff distances.
This is why Russia is bogged down in Ukraine unable to fly its heavy bombers or even its advanced fighters into Ukraine. The Ukraine-NATO air defenses are formidable and will shoot them down at a unacceptable rate. Russia has no dedicated (SEAD) aircraft designed and equipped for such a mission and it shows. This will also prove true for Iran.