.The New York Times: Three Iranian officials confirmed that a strike had hit a military air base near the city of Isfahan, in central Iran, early on Friday, but did not say which country had mounted the attack.

Which might indicate that Israel used Syrian airspace to attack targets either in Iraq or in Iran or both

Syrian State Media has Confirmed that the Israeli Air Force conducted Airstrikes last night on Air Defense and Radar Early Warning Sites in the South of the Country.

Just made this point on CNN:

If Israel easily can penetrate Iran’s air defenses, as it just did, Khanemei would need to worry that it can strike at leadership, IRGC and nuclear assets.

I should have added: these would be hugely popular targets amongst Iranians.

Israel has the ability to conduct strikes against targets inside Iran without entering Iranian air space from aircraft over Syrian and Iraqi airspace

This will be fascinating to see a couple of themes clarified in hours and days ahead: One: were drones indeed launched by Israel at Isfahan base from inside Iran itself-- not from Israel--as some reports suggest? If so, it will raise a whole set of questions about Israel…

Israeli Radio military correspondent says that the Air Force base area hit in Isfahan was the base used to launch drone attacks against Israel last Saturday. There were 170 drones launched against Israel—unclear how many from this base. Also Israeli area that was targetted last…

Interesting if confirmed. That would mean Israel has outstandingly good intelligence also about Iraq

Die Obsession mit und der massive Hass vieler Journalisten gegen die FDP ist eine der Mysterien des deutschen Journalismus. Wahrscheinlich weil sie die einzige Partei ist, die die deutsche Staatsgläubigkeit hinterfragt

israeli strike against iran is deescalatory.

had to take some sort of action.

restrained compared to attacks on damascus that precipitated the crisis.

If Iran not able to detect this attack before it happened, and its defenses failed to activate, this could be a message Israel has capabilities to penetrate Iran’s defenses & strike at its most valuable assets.

Demonstration of regime vulnerabilities.

A few early observations on Israel’s strike on Iran and its proxy targets:

1- Great to see Israel didn’t let itself be bullied by US/European demands at unilateral appeasement.

2- the Iranian regime couldn’t defend their airspace. Israel has freedom of operation inside Iran.

Interesting thread about the layered West German air defense system in the cold war

In diesem Kommentar habe ich gestern geschrieben, dass Israel mit einem Gegenschlag zumindest demonstrieren muss, dass es die iranische Flugabwehr überwinden und Ziele überall im Land angreifen kann. Sieht so aus, als sei dieser Beweis vergangene Nacht in #Isfahan gelungen

Great

Völkerrecht: Baerbocks Aussage zu Israels Selbstverteidigungsrecht zeigt eine außergewöhnliche Naivität welt.de/debatte/kommen… via WELT

Your daily reminder Hezbollah continues to attack Israel (almost every day since October 8th). 'Hezbollah launched drones and guided missiles at an army site in Israel’s Galilee in an attack that wounded at least six people.' bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

“The West is worried more about hypothetical escalation than actual annihilation.”

Absolutely right, from Garry Kasparov.

The US, UK and France are making it more and more clear that nuclear states have massive strategic benefits. The result will be more nuclear states.

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