How Israel Pulled Off Its Largest-Ever Strike on Its Nemesis Iran - WSJ - SCW NewsWatch
The Wall Street Journal reports on Israel's Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, "Days of Repentance" aerial attack on Iran, which reportedly involved roughly 100 fighters, spy planes and refueling aircraft.
The attack unfolded in waves, striking missile-manufacturing and surface-to-air missile-defense sites, but steering clear of oil and nuclear facilities that Iran had warned would prompt a retaliation.
Israel targeted Iran ballistic missile capabilities, in response to recent Iranian missile attacks upon Israel.
The Israeli fighters, actually fighter-bombers, apparently were F-35s with stealth capabilities.
Most of the attacks reportedly were actually launched from outside Iranian airspace, with Iran claiming that they were launched from Iraqi airspace. That would seem to imply that the F-35s were launching precision armaments that could travel appreciable distances once released from the host aircraft.
Perhaps absent from some news coverage are details about which precision armanents were utilized.
The targets were not just within Iran. Reportedly, early on, the Israelis knocked out air defense batteries within Syria and Iraq, to help clear the way for additional incoming Israeli aircraft.
Along their route from Israel, the Israelis reportedly avoided Jordanian airspace, after Jordan had declared that it did not wish to be involved with attacks on Iran.
Israel reportedly briefed U.S. officials once the attack force was airborne.
Israel claimed that, among other targerts, it destroyed several Russian-made S-300 air defense batteries, degrading Iran's air defense capabilities against future raids.
Key Words: Iran, Israel, IDF, Missiles, F-35s, Israeli Military
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