Most Iranians just don't understand IRI's defense posture.
folks keep thinking well Iran does not have modern fighter planes and even the old ones
that remain are not fully operational because of spare part issues.
Therefore Iran Air Attack Capability is limited.
That's very true (although Iran has acquired some old chinese equivalents of F-4 recently)
To confuse the issue even further people see Saudis, Emirates ,Turkey(Turkey is similar to Iran trying to build more domestic things)
Qatar buying modern aircraft and wonder how Iran can defend itself.
and since so much world's commerce is done by shipping.
Iran's access to choke points gives it a unique ability
to inflict considerable damage on neighboring countries.
by simple very old technology Shelling, Missiles, Turpodes, Artillery.
Iran's deterrence for large powers like the United States is Essentially making
the cost of attacking Iran too large.
That is a sizable attack on Iran's assets will likely cause a massive escalation.
Iran can likely hit some targets in Israel either from Lebenon or Iran itself.
or simply escalate trouble in occupied areas.
Iran probably can inflict some damage on a limited number of ships in Persian Gulf.
It appears that so far IRI has been relatively successful in their low-tech defensive doctrine.
folks keep thinking well Iran does not have modern fighter planes and even the old ones
that remain are not fully operational because of spare part issues.
Therefore Iran Air Attack Capability is limited.
That's very true (although Iran has acquired some old chinese equivalents of F-4 recently)
To confuse the issue even further people see Saudis, Emirates ,Turkey(Turkey is similar to Iran trying to build more domestic things)
Qatar buying modern aircraft and wonder how Iran can defend itself.
and since so much world's commerce is done by shipping.
Iran's access to choke points gives it a unique ability
to inflict considerable damage on neighboring countries.
by simple very old technology Shelling, Missiles, Turpodes, Artillery.
Iran's deterrence for large powers like the United States is Essentially making
the cost of attacking Iran too large.
That is a sizable attack on Iran's assets will likely cause a massive escalation.
Iran can likely hit some targets in Israel either from Lebenon or Iran itself.
or simply escalate trouble in occupied areas.
Iran probably can inflict some damage on a limited number of ships in Persian Gulf.
It appears that so far IRI has been relatively successful in their low-tech defensive doctrine.
