The conflict in Gaza has become a testing ground for the Israeli army, but the Israeli army has not withstood the test, and its performance in many aspects has surprised the outside world. First of all, Israel did not expect that the conflict would last so long that aviation ammunition and artillery shells would end up relying entirely on American assistance. So much so that it was held hostage by the United States on the issue of attacking Gaza. Second, the Israeli army has shown itself to be strained in the face of opponents with vastly different strengths in actual combat, resulting in heavy casualties and heavy losses in equipment and equipment. However, this is not the most serious. The most serious thing is that all the air defense systems that Israel is proud of were penetrated.
On May 8, two pieces of information surrounding the Gaza conflict and Iranian missile strikes on the Israeli mainland made the outside world "unexpected". The first thing I didn't expect was that the Israeli air defense system could not protect itself not only from Hamas rockets, but also from Iranian ballistic missiles and drones. Moreover, the Israeli air defense system is not reliable even with the most basic "friend or foe" capabilities. U.S. media reported that U.S. officials said that Israel mistakenly shot down 40% of its own drones during the Gaza war. From this, it follows that in a situation where the arc of resistance did not show a high-intensity blow, the Israeli air defense forces were still under strong pressure
Solid evidence is that Iranian ballistic missiles have blown up Iranian ballistic missiles, including the heavily defended F-35I deployment base in Israel's central desert region and the Mossad reconnaissance base in the Golan Heights. Moreover, this is on the premise that more than 240 fighters from the air forces of 14 countries led by the United States participated in the interception. Otherwise, Israel's losses will be tenfold or even dozens of times larger. During the massive Iranian missile attack, U.S. military satellites and large intelligence-gathering aircraft recorded almost all of the attack trajectory and interception results. After more than a month of analysis, the US military gave a rare assessment result.
This result of the US military has made the outside world "unexpected" and absolutely unexpected. Will the U.S. military or the U.S. mainland be able to withstand a massive attack on the Israeli mainland similar to "Iranian missiles"? Commander of NORAD Command Gregory Gilot said at a hearing in the U.S. Congress that the U.S. could not be repelled, similar to Iran's massive drone and missile attack on Israel in April. "We now have the defensive capabilities that are not sufficient to repel such a large-scale attack," he stressed.
In fact, the US military has already learned the power of Iran's ballistic missiles, and the missiles that Iran uses to strike Israeli targets are more advanced than those used to strike US military bases in Iraq. US military sources previously admitted that Iran's ballistic missiles use sub-warheads and special ballistic technology, so they are difficult to intercept by existing US and Israeli air defense weapons. These include the American-made PAC-2/3 Patriot missiles, and the Israeli Arrow and David Slings anti-aircraft missiles. To this end, the Israeli military decided to abandon all American-made Patriot anti-aircraft missiles.