[AdmSmith]

Iran Update, October 26, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted three waves of strikes into Iran on October 25. The strikes were in response to the large-scale ballistic missile attack that Iran launched against Israel on October 1.

A new Iranian-backed militia claiming to operate in Saudi Arabia announced its existence on October 25.[12] The Islamic Resistance in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques claimed that it launched a drone attack targeting an unspecified ”vital site” in Israel. The naming of the group appears inspired by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which is a coalition of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias that has conducted regular drone and missile attacks on Israel in recent months. The IDF has not commented on the claimed drone attack at the time of this writing.

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[AdmSmith]

More and more details are seething out from the Israeli operation in Iran. Apparently, Israeli fighter jets were operating hours in Syrian and Iraqi air space without a single loss. The Russian-made air defense systems such as the S-300/S-400 completely failed in detecting those aerial vehicles, let alone fending them of. The following targets were destroyed:

- 12 “planetary mixers” used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles, which make up the bulk of Iran's missile arsenal.
- Four air defense positions in the Tehran area
- At least one drone factory
- The research and development center in Parchin which has been used in the past for nuclear technology

It paraphrases once again how low Russian technology is compared to Western technology.

Source: Axios

https://x.com/Tendar/status/1850475933800468779

[AdmSmith]

Iran Update, October 27, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) inflicted serious damage to the Iranian integrated air defense network during its strikes on Iran on October 25.

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