Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian accused the United States of supporting Israel's deadly attack last week that destroyed the consular building of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, as reported by Agence France-Presse on April 8. Abdollahian said that the United States and two European countries opposed a resolution condemning the attack on the Iranian embassy, which showed that the United States was giving the Zionist regime (Israel) the green light to carry out the attack. Abdullahi's remarks mean that Iran believes that the bombing of the embassy in Syria by Israeli forces has nothing to do with the United States, and that if Iran retaliates next, American targets in the Middle East may be beaten together.
So far, only the Iranian-backed Arc of Resistance has launched attacks on Israel. On the morning of 8 April, Iraqi militias announced three strikes on Israeli bases, with drone strikes on the Golan Heights and three military bases in southern Israel. In addition, on April 7, a spokesman for Yemen's Houthis issued a statement that the Houthis had launched a number of attacks against British and Israeli merchant ships and US warships in the past 72 hours. Iran's slogans are loud and loud, but they have not yet ended, will Israel be slapped in the face in the future, as Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Ali said?
On April 8, according to CCTV, Iranian media showed the outside world nine Iranian-made missiles, saying that these nine missiles can hit Israel. The Iranian media did not clearly indicate the type of missile, and judging from the strength of Iran's land-based missiles, they are mainly equipped with different types of missiles such as the "Meteor" series, the "Mudstone" series, the Segil, Khorram Shahr, and the Fatah. Among them, the "Meteor" series of missiles has a range of 200-1700 kilometers, and the Iranian army is currently equipped with more than 1,500 of them. With a range of more than 2,000 kilometers, the "Mudstone-2" has a longer range and more accurate strike capability than the "Meteor-3" missile. The Saigil has a range of about 2000-2500 km, a warhead weighing 750 kg to 1 ton, and a relatively good strike accuracy. Khorram Shahr has a range of 2000 km and is equipped with a warhead weighing 1500 kg and about 4 meters long. Fatah is Iran's first hypersonic ballistic missile with a range of 1,400 kilometers and claims to be "capable of breaking through all missile defense systems and destroying them."
Israel is armed with four high-performance air defense systems, the Iron Dome, the David Sling, the Arrow and the Patriot system. These air defense systems have built an air defense combat network that combines near, medium, and long ranges and combines high and low altitudes. However, despite the availability of powerful air defense systems, Israel's ability to effectively defend itself against Iranian attacks is a big question mark. There are two main reasons, one is that Iran has too many missiles and is capable of launching saturation strikes. In addition, Iran is also a big country with unmanned aerial vehicles, and if unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles strike together, the Israeli air defense system will be attracted by some of the firepower of unmanned aerial vehicles, leaving a chance for missiles to take advantage of; second, the conflict in Gaza has lasted for half a year, and the Israeli army has consumed a large number of interceptor missiles. How to quickly replenish interceptor missiles is a problem, and although the United States provides military aid, it takes time for US transport planes to fly to Israel, and it is far from quenching the thirst of the near.
Of course, the geopolitical situation in the Middle East is extremely complicated, and if Iran launches retaliation, it will not necessarily be aimed at beating Israel badly, because this will lead to a spiral of escalation, and Iran will not only face the danger of being killed by the United States itself, but also face the potential threat of being attacked by Israel's nuclear weapons. In order to achieve the goal of teaching Israel a lesson without leading to escalation, Iran needs to grasp the intensity of the strike.
(Text/Woo Tsai)