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You are not impressing anyone here with your distortions and self-congratulatory historical revisionism. I have already proven to you that Iraq had an advantage in every field in that war, and still couldn't do the job. ISIS was a rag-tag militia, and only managed to score major offensive...

Say what? Iraq enjoyed a far numerically superior (professional trained) fighting force, as well having more military hardware in its inventory. Iraq: 9 well-armed divisions, 2750 tanks, 1400 artillery pieces, 4000 ACPs and 340 fighter bombers Iran: 2 badly-depleted divisions and equally...

That is rich coming from a guy whose country (Iraq) relied on American intelligence in the Iran-Iraq war, up to the point that it assisted its chemical weapon attacks to prevent it from being defeated. Iran would have captured Baghdad if it wasn't for the yanks. You are distorting history; it...

Iran and Turkey have become drone powers In Iran, for example, the distance and deniability afforded by the drone has made it a valued tool in Iran’s arsenal. The Iranian drone program has innovated with sophisticated indigenously produced drones, which it supplies to regional allies...

The Wall Street Journal just confirmed that an important royal complex was hit in Riyadh. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-b-52-bomber-flies-over-persian-gulf-in-show-of-force-against-iran-11611748207 There are also now interesting flights going on between Saudi and Pakistan:

I'm not going to entertain your delusional fantasies over here. The Arabs are in no position to undertake any large-scale operation without destroying themselves in the process.

They can't do a damn thing and they know it.

They don't have the political will, competence or ability. All these Arab armies couldn't even eradicate the Houthis from their heartland; let alone try to make a push towards Iran's borders. The Gulf will be flattened long before any so-called Arab-NATO power could muster By the way, another...

Iran is pushing the US westwards: https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/01/saudis-expanding-us-military-access-airfields-port-counter-iran/171609/

Iran not to accept Qatar mediation to release impounded Korean tanker The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Sunday said Iran will not accept Qatar's mediation to release a South Korean tanker which the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) impounded on January 4 in the Persian Gulf...

There were no Iranian or allied groups in Mosul, as the US conditioned air support for their absence. The mannerisms of the colonel was out of character for an high-ranking IRGC officer as well; too slick; unrealistic encounter (cigarettes for ammo...like really?); etc. That scene was added for...

The Israelis themselves acknowledge that they can't deal with Iran on their own. Watch: 38:30 and 52:30: Even Putin doesn't believe that Israel can take Iran on its own. From Bolton's book: ‘Israel could not conduct military action against Iran alone’ Though Washington gave Israel the nod...

Did anyone here see Mosul on Netflix? God...that scene with the IRGC colonel was so ridiculous. :lol:

There are those in the region who are very afraid that the Biden administration will eventually withdraw troops from the Middle East; they consider the US to be a counter-weight to Iran and want it to get entangled in regional affairs. For these people, a sudden surge in violence by IS will...

If the mismanagement is so obvious, why doesn't anyone outside the IRIAF intervene to impose a different doctrine and course? Is it political?

Iran Central Banker Says Still No Sign of South Korea Funds: Q&A (Bloomberg) -- The governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, answered questions put to him by Bloomberg in writing about billions of dollars Iran has trapped in South Korea because of U.S sanctions. Some Iranian...

Imagine if the missile successfully hit its target near the Nimitz AC. If there ever was a way to demonstrate to the US that their naval assets are increasingly vulnerable to Iran's ballistic missiles, even from that distance... No way a coincidence.

You raise some good points. I noted this dynamic in 2019 during the border skirmishes between Pakistan and India. If my memory serves me well, it was Pakistan that ambiguously hinted at the use of nuclear weapons if the conflict was to become more intensive. The primary motivation for Pakistan...

But nukes have evolved into political weapons only. Their military applicability have significantly diminished up to the point that they have become merely weapons of last resort. They are the ultimate trump card on the escalation ladder, but within the threshold of conventional warfare their...

@Tumba Like I have said, the thinking that ballistic missiles are useless without a nuclear warhead is heavily outdated. Watch how leading Israeli missile expert Uzi Rubin answers the following question from minute 46:00 onwards: