The US should support Israel, because if his actions against the Iranian nuclear program are successful, he will do a favor to the world – wrote on Friday in the editorial article the conservative American daily “Wall Street Journal”.
The Israeli attack on the Iranian nuclear program is a breakthrough moment for the Middle East and, if he succeeds, a favor for the world – the newspaper emphasized. The editors added that the Jewish state deserves American support.
“WSJ” wrote that the US role in these events is not clear. US President Donald Trump told the media that he knew about the planned attack and called him “wonderful”. Israeli representatives maintain that they got a green light from him. Earlier this week, the US ordered a partial evacuation of the Middle East staff.
At the same time, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that “Israel took unilateral actions against Iran.” “We are not involved in attacks on Iran, and our highest priority is to protect American forces in the region,” he assured.
“This is part of the patterns from the past. Israel does not ask the US to fight wars for him, but only to support him when he fights against common enemies,” wrote “WSJ”.
“If Iranians respond to Israel or hit the kerosene installations in the bay, we count on the US support through American rocket and drone defense,” the editors emphasized. The belief that Iran should be informed that his own oil installations may be threatened if he expanded the war. “Making anything less would undermine the US credibility as a trustworthy ally,” said WSJ.
The newspaper wonders what part of the Israel Iranian nuclear program will be able to destroy. “The US, unlike Israel, has bombers that can carry deeply penetrating bombs. It seems that the underground installation in Ford has not been attacked that night. This will be a lost opportunity if some Iranian uranium's ability to enrich uranium will survive, while the participation of the US could change something (in this case),” wrote the daily. “
The editors pointed out that there is a lot of talk on television about the outbreak of a new war in the Middle East, but – as emphasized – “Iran has been conducting a war with Israel and the US for decades”, until his hands “hundreds of Americans were killed”.
Armed with nuclear weapons, Iran would be “a bane for the whole world”, and Israel took action against “danger threatening everyone” – emphasized “WSJ”.
“The United States has a moral and strategic interest to stand on the side of Israel and help him finish this task,” they summed up.
In another article on the Israeli attack on Iran, published on Friday by “WSJ”, it was assessed that American-Iranian talks about the nuclear agreement, whose next round was scheduled for Sunday, became for Israel a “great cover” to carry out an unexpected attack. Even despite the signals with the growing probability of an Israeli attack, it was expected that the talks would continue. “The Iranians assumed that Israel would not attack as long as the conversations were ongoing and the meeting was to take place” – noted the US negotiator in the Middle East Dennis Ross.
Fox News: Before the attack, Israel lured Iran's commanders to the meeting
Israel lured the leading commanders of the Iranian Air Force to a meeting before the attack on Iran, said American television Fox News on Friday, citing a representative of the Israeli security forces.
“We carried out specific activities to learn more about them, and later we used this information to influence their behavior,” said Israel's representative. “We knew that this would lead to their meeting, but, more importantly, we knew how to stop them (at the meeting)” – he added.
He assessed that the attacks were more effective than expected.
According to this source, Iranian air defense systems and ballistic missiles, which were intended for use against Israel, were ahead of Israel.
As a result of Israel's attack on Iran, carried out on Thursday to Friday, at least a few high -ranking military Iranian, including the commander of the Islamic Revolution, General Hosejn Salami, was killed. In addition, at least six scientists dealing with nuclear energy were killed.
“NYT”: Satellite photos show significant damage at the Natanz atomic resort
Satellite photos indicate that the Israeli blow to the uranium enrichment center in Natanz caused significant damage – reports on Friday “New York Times”. Paintings suggest damage to energy infrastructure and an attempt to destroy underground halls hiding centrifuges to enrich uranium.
As the journal writes, citing photos to which he has access, you can see several damaged or seriously damaged buildings, smoking electrical substation and “several small shock craters” above the place where the centrifuges used to enrich uranium are probably stored underground.
According to the Israeli army in Natanz, underground centrifuges and “key infrastructure for further operations and development of the military Iran nuclear project” were hit.
Natanz is the main Iranian uranium enrichment center. So far, there is no information about destruction in other similar known centers in Isfahan and Fordo. “NYT” and Iranian media reported, however, that this second center became the target of the attack on Friday afternoon.
Al-Jazira: Iran has a larger army, Israel spends more on reinforcements
After Israel's Friday's attacks on Iran, AL-JAZIRA's runny nose, based on data from institutions collecting military information, military potentials of both countries, their offensive abilities and ways of defending their territories.
In most compared aspects of military abilities, Iran, which has a larger army, is definitely better, although Israel is incomparably more to strengthen his army.
According to The Military Balance 2023, published by the International Strategic Research Institute (Iiss), Iran has 610,000 people of active military staff, including 350,000 In the Land Army, 190 thousand In the body of the guards of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC), 18 thousand In the Navy, 37,000 In the Air Force and 15,000 in air defense. In addition, Iran has a reserve army of 350,000 people. Consumption to the army is mandatory for Iranian men from 18 years of age.
Israel has 169.5 thousand people of active military staff, including 126 thousand Land army, 9.5 thousand in the Navy and 34 thousand in the Air Force. Israel also has a reserve army of 465 thousand. people and conducts regular salary to the army of most young men and women over 18 years of age.
Israel exceeds Iran in military expenses. According to data from the Stockholm International Institute of Pokój Research (SIPRI), published in April 2024, Israel spent $ 27.5 billion on reinforcements in 2023, while Iran has allocated $ 10.3 billion for this purpose.
According to The Military Balance 2023, Iran's land forces have at least 10,513 tanks, 6798 artillery department and over 640 armored personnel carriers.
In turn, Israel has about 400 tanks, 530 artillery departments and over 1190 armored personnel carriers.
According to the same source, Iranian air forces have 312 aircraft capable of fighting, IRGC has another 23. Iran army has 52 assault helicopters, and IRGC has five such machines.
Israel has 345 aircraft capable of fighting and 43 assault helicopters.
In comparison of war marines of both countries, Iran is better, which has 17 submarines, 68 patrols, seven corvettes, 12 landing ships, 11 landing units, and 18 logistics vehicles and support.
Israel has five submarines and 49 patrols and other sea combat units.
Definitely one of the strongest points of Israeli defense is the iron dome air defense system, which captures most of the missiles fired both by Hamas and Hezbollah or Iran. The system is equipped with a radar that detects an incoming bullet and determines its speed and direction. Then the control center faces whether the object is a threat to Israeli cities, and if so, the intercepting shell is launched. According to Israel, the effectiveness of the iron dome is 90 percent.
10 iron dome batteries are located in Israel. In addition, Israel has David Propid and arrow systems, intercepting medium and long -range missiles.
Iran has Azarakhsh system (lightning), detecting short -range missiles and flying at low height. It is equipped with advanced 3D radars and modern detection systems. It can be installed on different types of vehicles and is capable of rapid neutralization of goals. It can be used on both stationary and mobile platforms. The radar range is 50 km, while the optical detector works at a distance of 25 km.
Iran also has a number of different anti-cancerous anti-cancer defense systems. These include 42 Russian long-range systems S-200, S-300 and local BAVAR-373; over 59 American medium-range systems MIM-23 Hawk, HQ-2J and Khordad-15; and 279 Chinese short-range systems CH-SA-4 and 9K331 TOR-M1.
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington (CSIS), Iran has at least 12 different types of medium and short -range ballistic rockets in its arsenal. These are Tondar 69 rockets with a range of 150 km and Khormshahr and Sejjil with a range of up to 2000 km.
Israel has at least four different types of short, medium and indirect range ballistic rockets, from Lora with a range of 280 km to Jericho-3 with a range of 4800 km to 6500 km.
According to the American Arms Control Association, Israel has an estimated 90 nuclear heads. Iran does not have nuclear weapons, but has an advanced nuclear program and several nuclear facilities and research centers. (PAP)
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