Bombing of US bases in Herat, Helmand, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Baghlan

[illusion8]

Iran has a lot of targets to attack, but the reverse is also true, the US has lot of bases to attack back.

 

[longbrained]

Iran will try to drag it into a long war. Trying to play the American game of dicckk measuring, will mean Iran losing since undoubtedly US has the bigger and the nuclear one. Iran can only play the time game. Who can last more kind of game. Then Iran has a realistic chance of beating US. There will be Iranian air force, rockets and stuff like that but the US military like all today's western military is designed for quick victories and not for long wars. That is the best chance Iran has. To drag it.

According to this scenario, it will not be the air force that is going to Afghanistan. It will be irregular forces and such to wage a slow but fatal asymmetric war. This is exactly what Americans fear. And this is exactly what Iranians have promised. US has no more stomach for an invasion and occupation and the air strikes alone can not do the job. Heck, US has even cut down on its military size and is actually going for a smaller military.

Iranian air force, and other hitech equipment is there only for a last ditch effort to save Iran. They are not in fore front of the battle order of Iranian military. The air force will try to play it safe and just protect cities and main installations by being air borne around them. This makes sense since destroying an air craft that is air borne is more difficult than a group of them sitting at an air port. And additionally it will mean more difficulty for the invading party since the Iranian fighters will be all around them. But the air force will not go into another country. Not atleast for regular missions. Only for very high value missions maybe. Iran basically has given its out of border mission of the air force to the missile forces since Iran has too few fighters to risk losing and yet does not have the capability to replace high quality fighters like Mig-29 and F-14 by either importing or by manufacturing.

That is why Iran's military planners have to plan such that Iran as a whole remain safe and not trying to play a stupid game of American movie dog fights and such. They have to be thinking like the famous Desert Fox.

As for the arab armies around Iran, well they can not fight at all. So in all probability Iran will strike the hell out of them for pushing a war on Iran. Iran's strategy would be to take down the worlds markets along with itself down by attacking oil installations and disrupting energy markets.

The war game which Col Gardiner a war gaming specialist and his fellows played the role of Iran under attack: Will Iran Be Next? - Magazine - The Atlantic

 

[Serpentine]

It's true that US is much more powerful than Iran.But don't forget than currently Iran has one of the best Guerrilla warfare in the world.It's the worst thing for U.S.There is no doubt that they can destroy Iran's military,but they are going to pay a huge price for that.

 

[longbrained]

I wish there is no more war in the region..

No body wants wars except the Zionists.

 

[IranZamin]

No body wants wars except the Zionists.

Well said brother

 

[IranZamin]

Iran will try to drag it into a long war. Trying to play the American game of dicckk measuring, will mean Iran losing since undoubtedly US has the bigger and the nuclear one. Iran can only play the time game. Who can last more kind of game. Then Iran has a realistic chance of beating US. There will be Iranian air force, rockets and stuff like that but the US military like all today's western military is designed for quick victories and not for long wars. That is the best chance Iran has. To drag it.

According to this scenario, it will not be the air force that is going to Afghanistan. It will be irregular forces and such to wage a slow but fatal asymmetric war. This is exactly what Americans fear. And this is exactly what Iranians have promised. US has no more stomach for an invasion and occupation and the air strikes alone can not do the job. Heck, US has even cut down on its military size and is actually going for a smaller military.

Iranian air force, and other hitech equipment is there only for a last ditch effort to save Iran. They are not in fore front of the battle order of Iranian military. The air force will try to play it safe and just protect cities and main installations by being air borne around them. This makes sense since destroying an air craft that is air borne is more difficult than a group of them sitting at an air port. And additionally it will mean more difficulty for the invading party since the Iranian fighters will be all around them. But the air force will not go into another country. Not atleast for regular missions. Only for very high value missions maybe. Iran basically has given its out of border mission of the air force to the missile forces since Iran has too few fighters to risk losing and yet does not have the capability to replace high quality fighters like Mig-29 and F-14 by either importing or by manufacturing.

That is why Iran's military planners have to plan such that Iran as a whole remain safe and not trying to play a stupid game of American movie dog fights and such. They have to be thinking like the famous Desert Fox.

As for the arab armies around Iran, well they can not fight at all. So in all probability Iran will strike the hell out of them for pushing a war on Iran. Iran's strategy would be to take down the worlds markets along with itself down by attacking oil installations and disrupting energy markets.

The war game which Col Gardiner a war gaming specialist and his fellows played the role of Iran under attack: Will Iran Be Next? - Magazine - The Atlantic

Very well said and learned alot from it. Thanks for contributing

 

[Desert Fox]

That is why Iran's military planners have to plan such that Iran as a whole remain safe and not trying to play a stupid game of American movie dog fights and such. They have to be thinking like the famous Desert Fox.

Erwin Rommel was a true legendary General, his tactics proved to be very effective against the British and French during German Blitzkrieg on France in summer of 1940 and in the Deserts of North Africa where his famous Afrika Korps hit the British continuously from their weakest point, earning him the name "Desert Fox".


Rommel, the Desert Fox

Rommel's Afrika Korps Logo

 

[SHAHED]

No, you're talkin childish. Romanticizing about a Iranian attack on US military bases in Afghanistan, while not knowing that the US is monitoring everything and will destroy every aspect of Iran's military within a week. You can dream about what Iran can do with their old Russian stuff, but you will see true firepower that will shake the region when US B-52's will take off. The US doesn't had problems with their invasion in Iraq and Afghanistan, but with the occupation of both countries due to a-symmetry warfare. I don't have the idea they will occupy Iran, but they will destroy it's military.

B 52 !!!

We are Speaking about IRAN NOT Vietnam !

 

[SHAHED]

It's true that US is much more powerful than Iran.But don't forget than currently Iran has one of the best Guerrilla warfare in the world.It's the worst thing for U.S.There is no doubt that they can destroy Iran's military,but they are going to pay a huge price for that.

حرفای آقای خامنه ای رو شما نشنیدی ؟

اگه حمله کنید در همون سطح حمله می کنیم

 

[gambit]

B 52 !!!

We are Speaking about IRAN NOT Vietnam !

B-52s broke the Iraqi army in Desert Storm. They can do the same for the Iranian troopers.

 

[SHAHED]

B-52s broke the Iraqi army in Desert Storm. They can do the same for the Iranian troopers.

you are a Vietnami ... YOU know it better

WE hit RQ-170 ... your stealth Toy , B-52 is NON-stealth BIG Toy

AND WE are speaking about IR/\N not iraq

 

[longbrained]

B-52s broke the Iraqi army in Desert Storm. They can do the same for the Iranian troopers.

No they cant. Iran operates SA-5 which is specifically designed for American B-52's. US can not do a damn thing.

 

[SHAHED]

No they cant. Iran operates SA-5 which is specifically designed for American B-52's. US can not do a damn thing.

WE have better than SA-5

 

[longbrained]

Very well said and learned alot from it. Thanks for contributing

It all depends on Iranian public. If Iranian public remains loyal then no power can invade Iran. But if they become like Libyans when bombs start falling then situation can be different as western powers will exploit the situation by bring in terrorists and supplying them with weapons to start a civil war in Iran. US is powerful but it is not God. Here are some stuff which you can click on them to see them enlarged including an open letter by US military guys to Obama regarding Iran: