Analysts are going crazy with their "predictions" about Israel retaliation
So I am going to post my "analysis" or better say speculation from a purely military perspective.
Let me first clarify that Operation True Promise 2.0 was just an operation. A small one. Operations have certain objectives (punishment for acts of terrorism and genocide) and they are very constrained and have a handful of targets (200 BMs, 3 airbases wiped out, Mossad terror base flattened, etc.).
Any attack on Iran (Iran's soil, interest, assets, etc.) is declaration of war and when war is declared the response is not in form of an "operation" but instead as a full fledged conflict and the objective will no longer be punishment but instead it will be to
neutralize the threat. In simple terms if Israel declares war on Iran, then Iran will wipe out Israel ... literally. And it will not be with 200 missiles in an hour, it will be with 20000 missiles every 24 hours until nothing is left of Israel.
Scenarios in increasing likelihood:
Scenario #1 solo attackUsing US donated aircrafts (F-35 and others) and US donated tanker aircrafts, Israel can try to carry out a strike against Iran. The problem is the distance and also the impenetrable Iranian defenses. The chances of this succeeding is so low that I'd say it is impossible.
The tankers, the F-35's, etc. will be easily detected on Iranian sophisticated over the horizon radars and can easily be shot down before they even reach Iranian borders.
After last night's attack, the Israel's air-force is also degraded considering how 3 of the main targets were airbases and for example the Nevatim airbase that houses F-35's was completely destroyed. Granted that some of these aircrafts flew out of the airbases as the missiles were launched but not all could fly out in time (the initial impact was 5 minutes later, that's not enough time). Many of them were destroyed, degrading the Israeli (US-donated) air-power.
Scenario #2 with NATO's helpThis is the only way they can succeed attacking Iran. NATO will have to bring everything it has. At least 3 US carrier strike groups are needed with most of US airforce and cyber warfare units. The US military would have to declare war on Iran and then NAVY launch all its cruise missiles while US airforce carries out a massive airstrike to overwhelm the impenetrable Iranian defenses and open the way for the follow up strike on designated targets.
The chances of this taking place is very low as well. For starters this is declaration of war. US/NATO will need at leas 1.5 million troops to go to such a war. US military is already falling apart. Army can not recruit anyone anymore. NAVY decommissioned 17 ships last month alone because they can't find the crew for them anymore. All other branches are in same terrible shape. As former Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State Col. Lawrence Wilkerson said "if US starts drafting for the military half of the Americans will flee to Canada and Mexico and the other half start a revolution toppling the US regime".
US Navy itself is exhausted, heavily damaged (USS Dwight D. Eisenhower mostly destroyed, half a dozen destroyers incapacitated, etc.) and has lost most of its capabilities.
Additionally, such an attack can only be carried out once against Iran because Iran will retaliate. That means the entire US Navy will sink (that's 20-25 warships in that 3 strike groups including submarines and aircraft carriers). The US Airforce will lose most of its aircrafts and every single US military base in a 4000 kilometer radius will turn into dust.
That doesn't just degrade US/NATO capabilities, it will eliminate it.
The first economic consequence of this is going to be oil price shooting up from $70 a barrel to $700 a barrel in a blinking of an eye.
Scenario #3 terrorist attacks using proxiesThis is the most likely scenario and that is what NATO has always used against Iran, and Israel as a terrorist organization is very proficient in terrorist attacks.
We saw this after Operation True Promise 1.0 as well. They hired someone to purchase a Hellishot from a toy-store, attach explosive to it and fly it into a restricted airspace trying to hit a radar (it was shot down before it could hit it). They also activated the US proxies in Afghanistan known as ISIS-k to carry out a suicide attack in Iran (which succeeded; sadly).
This will most probably be the approach as well. There already is an increased terrorist movement around Iran, specifically on the eastern borders and there were 2 terrorist attacks over the past weeks in Eastern province of Iran.
I will try to post more about the targets that were destroyed last night but for now the official reports indicate that 90% of the Iranian missiles hit their targets. The most significant ones are:
- 3 main airbases got wiped out namely Nevatim (F-35 are there) and Hatzerim (terrorist attack on Lebanon was carried out from this base) are inoperational now.
- The radar/defense bases (namely the Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 were demolished)
- Armor concentration in Netzarim corridor in Gaza
- Mossad terror base in Tel-Aviv was completely demolished eliminating all Mossad terrorists in that base
Again I have to say I hope that after this the Western and Arab dictators stop supporting the Zionist atrocities so that we can see an end to the genocide of Palestinians.