Although the Iranian side has publicly claimed that Israel's attack on Iran mainland has not caused Iran much damage, but now as more and more information is revealed, we seem to find that the real situation is very likely not to be the case. Not long ago, ABC, an American broadcasting company with a certain amount of media influence in the United States, publicly reported that during Israel's previous attack on Iran, its F-16 fighter jets in service launched three air-launched ballistic missiles, which successfully attacked the air defense system of Iran's important Natanz nuclear facility.
According to public reports in the US media, the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of the Iranian Air Force's 8th base is deployed near the site of the Israeli ballistic missile attack, and one of the tasks of the missile system deployed at the base is to protect the security of Iran's Natanz nuclear facility. It is known that the Iranian S-300 missiles deployed at the base have indeed suffered some losses, and the wreckage of the Israeli "Sparrow" air-launched ballistic missile has also been found in Iraq, which also indicates that the Israeli Air Force did carry out the attack.
It is worth noting that in this Israeli attack, Iran's S-300 missile, as one of the most advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Iran's active service, failed to intercept Israeli fighter jets and failed to intercept Israeli missiles. This has undoubtedly raised doubts about the performance of Iran's Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles, and the author believes that this incident has actually given China and Russia a wake-up call.
At present, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is in full swing, although as early as the beginning of the war, there was news from the Russian side that the Ukrainian Air Force has been "completely annihilated", but in fact, the Ukrainian Air Force still has considerable combat effectiveness with the support of the United States and the West. It is worth noting that the Ukrainian Air Force is likely to be equipped with a large number of American-made F-16 fighters in the near future, and the S-300 missile is also the main anti-aircraft missile of the Russian army. So if the Russian S-300 missile can't stop the F-16 fighter of the Ukrainian army, it is undoubtedly not good news for Russia.
In addition, there are quite a few F-16 fighters in the hands of Taiwan's local armed forces, and they are also the latest improved F-16V fighters of the F-16, and it is worth noting that our military also has quite a few S-300 long-range air defense missiles in its hands, and can these S-300s effectively intercept the F-16FV fighters armed in Taiwan? However, of course, our army still has a large number of other self-developed air defense missiles, which is tantamount to "double insurance." Moreover, our army can also directly dispatch J-20 fighters to deal with these F-16s.
Compared with China and Russia, which have a lot of methods, Iran is a little helpless, and it is worth noting that the F-16 fighter is not the strongest fighter in Israel, and Israel has a stronger F-35 stealth fighter. Perhaps Iran will be able to make up for these gaps to some extent after the rumored Russian promises of S-400 missiles and Su-35 fighter jets.
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