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The escalating conflict between Iran and Israel is growing increasingly dire. Despite the heavy toll that Iranian missile strikes have taken on Israel, the Israeli Air Force now operates with impunity over Iranian territory, striking targets at will. This stark reality underscores the fact that Iran's air defense has been effectively dismantled. However, the Israeli Air Force's long-range sorties into Iran, coupled with the damage inflicted by Iranian hypersonic missiles on Israel's strategic assets, have taken a significant toll. If this conflict drags on, Israel will undoubtedly face a dire situation. This is precisely why Israel has not spared even targets like Iran's national television and foreign ministry, launching indiscriminate bombing campaigns. Moreover, Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent threats to eliminate Khamenei signal a growing sense of desperation and a willingness to take extreme measures. We have seen that China, Russia, and several other countri...

In the early hours of June 15th, the night sky over the Middle East was torn apart by the contrails of missiles as the conflict between Iran and Israel entered a new phase. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a dense assault on the Haifa refinery and port in northern Israel, while the Israeli Air Force retaliated by striking a refinery and oil depot in the western part of Tehran. Iran's "True Commitment 3" operation is a textbook example of a saturation strike. Multiple batches of missiles rained down like a heavy downpour, with 20 missiles hitting the Haifa refinery within just 20 seconds without any interception. Israel's much-vaunted "Iron Dome" and "David's Sling" missile defense systems all failed to function. Residents in high-rise buildings were even able to calmly film the attack scenes from their windows. Behind this unusual phenomenon is Iran's carefully designed tactical combination. By coordinating multiple locations a...

Let's cut to the chase. On the 16th, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declared that the Israeli Air Force had gained control over the skies above Tehran, with Israeli fighter jets able to fly freely over the Iranian capital. Israel has also released various videos showing footage from above Tehran, claiming to have locked onto the city's air defense systems and radars. How should we interpret this? The Israelis' claims are essentially true. As previously discussed, Iran's air defense system is primarily composed of Russian-made S-300 and S-200 systems, along with domestically produced ones of even lower quality. Compared to the air defenses of the former Yugoslavia, which was heavily bombed by NATO in 1999, Iran's capabilities are not much better. Back then, the Yugoslav air defenses were largely based on the S-200, and the Soviet Union had intended to sell them the S-300. However, due to Milosevic's lack of urgency before the war, the purchase was delayed for y...

Western media have observed that in the comment sections of news related to Israel’s strikes on Iran, an increasing number of netizens from the Middle East, South Asia, and even Africa are converging. Their demands are remarkably consistent: they are calling on their national militaries to introduce a Chinese stealth fighter jet, the J-35, “as fast as possible.” According to Defense New Observations, an American media outlet, the Israeli military’s declaration of “freedom of movement” over western Iran and Tehran has greatly agitated netizens in the region. They attribute this primarily to the Israeli military’s possession of the F-35I stealth fighter jets. Israeli military spokespersons claim that their aircraft, in close coordination with special forces that had infiltrated Iranian territory, managed to eliminate most of the air defense threats in western Iran and Tehran during the initial large-scale strikes. Subsequently, the F-35I jets, which had already achieved “significant resu...