As per an Indian Air Marshal, the enemy needs 330 BMs to shut down a single air base for 24 hours.
And attacks were carried out from Syria and Iraq too, not just Iran.
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As per an Indian Air Marshal, the enemy needs 330 BMs to shut down a single air base for 24 hours.
And attacks were carried out from Syria and Iraq too, not just Iran.
No, the Pakistani attack was serious. They just failed. India was prepared to retaliate with both missiles and even a ground invasion into Pakjab.
It's not clear what Iran's intentions were, they probably thought they would be a bit more successful than what happened, but the attack was well within the capabilities of interception by their IADS.
Biden will lose anyway. But any escalation is bad for us too. We get 1.5 million barrels of oil from the Persian Gulf, and 80% of our gas supplies.
Lopsided cost for defense.
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Israel's defence operation against Iranian attack cost US$1.35 billion [NSTTV] | New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: The cost of defending Israel against Iran’s drone and missile attack on Saturday was four to five billion shekels (US$1.35 billion), Israeli media reported.
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You mean the polls that were wrong before the Scottish independence referendum and the EU referendum?
Most people are underestimating the cost for Iran. When I see people valuing the cost of the missile below at <$0.5m, I know someone has suffered a brain death. Most people would not even use missiles this size for conventional attack, because it isn't cost efficient. I mean Pershing IIs cost $7m each back in the early '80s and they were much smaller than the one below. I've seen twitter estimates of $38-62m for the Iranian strike, I think multiply by 10 and then you're ballpark.Lopsided cost for defense.
Israel's defence operation against Iranian attack cost US$1.35 billion [NSTTV] | New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: The cost of defending Israel against Iran’s drone and missile attack on Saturday was four to five billion shekels (US$1.35 billion), Israeli media reported.
Other figures put the Israeli cost at $1bn. It's $3.5m for an Arrow III but that was likely only used against MRBMs, which tend to cost around the same, even when built is poor countries.
עלות ההגנה הישראלית ממתקפת הטילים של איראן: "5-4 מיליארד שקל בלילה"
היועץ הכלכלי של הרמטכ"ל לשעבר, תא"ל במיל' ראם עמינח, התייחס באולפן ynet לעלות הגבוהה של הפעלת מערכות ההגנה הלילה בישראל, ולמחיר הנמוך יחסית ששילמה איראן: "פחות מ-10% ממה שעולה לנו לעצור את המתקפה". על כן, לדבריו, יש להגדיל עוד יותר את תקציב הביטחון. הכלכלן הראשי לשעבר באוצר, יואל נווה: "הנטל של...
Multiple attack directions rarely make it easier and bunching assets could have led to a pre-emptive strike. Could they have afforded to send more than 170+ ballistic missiles, near 200 drones and 36 cruise missiles in one night. No Russian attacks on Ukraine have been even half that size. Typically they are a quarter the size, sometimes only a tenth.
Not against Russian. Ukraine used a third the number of drones and zero BMs or CMs and attacked 3 airfields with 7-8 aircraft destroyed. If Russian airfields have faced the same kind of salvo, Ukraine would not have to worry about Kh-101s or Kinzhals for a long time.
??? What missiles were destroyed on the ground?
I thought the S-400 was supposed to give BMD capability up to 5.5km/s? Oh how claims change.
Point of interest, I think Arrow III is basically an SM-3 IIA.
Arrow 3 (Israel) | Missile Threat
The Arrow 3 is a U.S.-Israeli-built missile defense interceptor designed to defeat medium-range ballistic missiles. Entering service in 2017, the missile uses a hit-to-kill warhead to engage targets in space. It is the longest-range interceptor currently fielded with the Arrow Weapon System...
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BMs were not alone, and the assumption you are making here is that Iran wanted to close airbase. All we know, it might just want to damage F-35s there or kill pilots..
No, thats false. S-400 is an air defence system. Its terminal defence capability against BMs is very limited. India bought S-400 for air defence. India has a very competent BMD developed inhouse with ample inputs from Israel.
Good to see India's trust was not misplace. Performance of Israeli systems is examplary in BMD.
There is one issue in this way of thinking. What if these missiles had taken out F-35s on ground? Now that money looks well spent, right?Lopsided cost for defense.
Israel's defence operation against Iranian attack cost US$1.35 billion [NSTTV] | New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: The cost of defending Israel against Iran’s drone and missile attack on Saturday was four to five billion shekels (US$1.35 billion), Israeli media reported.
Now imagine if Israel launches an equal amount of BMs on Tehran? What do you think will happen?
The end result was the same - very minimal damage to the targeted party, which allows them to take the option of de-escalation.
Most people are underestimating the cost for Iran. When I see people valuing the cost of the missile below at <$0.5m, I know someone has suffered a brain death. Most people would not even use missiles this size for conventional attack, because it isn't cost efficient. I mean Pershing IIs cost $7m each back in the early '80s and they were much smaller than the one below. I've seen twitter estimates of $38-62m for the Iranian strike, I think multiply by 10 and then you're ballpark.
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Other figures put the Israeli cost at $1bn. It's $3.5m for an Arrow III but that was likely only used against MRBMs, which tend to cost around the same, even when built is poor countries.
עלות ההגנה הישראלית ממתקפת הטילים של איראן: "5-4 מיליארד שקל בלילה"
היועץ הכלכלי של הרמטכ"ל לשעבר, תא"ל במיל' ראם עמינח, התייחס באולפן ynet לעלות הגבוהה של הפעלת מערכות ההגנה הלילה בישראל, ולמחיר הנמוך יחסית ששילמה איראן: "פחות מ-10% ממה שעולה לנו לעצור את המתקפה". על כן, לדבריו, יש להגדיל עוד יותר את תקציב הביטחון. הכלכלן הראשי לשעבר באוצר, יואל נווה: "הנטל של...www.ynet.co.il
BMs are very cheap. It's basically just a big tube with a rather simple motor, propellent, a warhead, and some rather cheap electronics.
An Iskander costs something like $500k, which is a somewhat advanced missile compared to what Iran uses.
How Iran’s attack on Israel was stopped
Massive drone and missile attack was defeated by Israeli military with orchestrated help of US, UK and Jordan
Iran's BMs are really cheap in terms of dollars due to the collapse of their currency. The effect is worse than it is for Russia. So a small monetary infusion from Russia or China will equate to a lot of rials. So a billion GBP will give them well over 10,000 BMs.
So Iran's expenditure on this attack is miniscule. My guess is way less than $50M.
It goes to show how much Russia is actually underestimated.
Anyway, 120 BMs is not a lot.
Not against Russian. Ukraine used a third the number of drones and zero BMs or CMs and attacked 3 airfields with 7-8 aircraft destroyed. If Russian airfields have faced the same kind of salvo, Ukraine would not have to worry about Kh-101s or Kinzhals for a long time.
??? What missiles were destroyed on the ground?
I thought the S-400 was supposed to give BMD capability up to 5.5km/s? Oh how claims change.
Point of interest, I think Arrow III is basically an SM-3 IIA.
Arrow 3 (Israel) | Missile Threat
The Arrow 3 is a U.S.-Israeli-built missile defense interceptor designed to defeat medium-range ballistic missiles. Entering service in 2017, the missile uses a hit-to-kill warhead to engage targets in space. It is the longest-range interceptor currently fielded with the Arrow Weapon System...
All you are doing is explaining how fake Ukraine's propaganda machinery is.
When you decide to build rocket forces, it's going to be a massive investment.
Here's a list of missiles the Iranians operate.
Just pointing out that this attack wasn't as big as you are assuming it to be. Iran can do much more than this.
The S-400's designed to shoot down SRBMs and MRBMs. It's roughly in the same class as India's BMD Phase 1, except it needs a new radar and missiles for exo-atmospheric interception. Its currently deployed capability is endo-atmopsheric.
Israeli officials are pointing out that more fighters are necessary due to the unaffordability of the exchange.
As for Iran, their lack of fighter jets is a huge problem, although they do have some expensive BMD capability deployed. It will be interesting to see what Israel's response will be, but I hope things do not escalate beyond this type of nonsense.
You react to the intentions, not to the amount of damage caused.
India's descalation post Swift Retreat was taken as a sign of weakness.
As far as we are concerned, we were being responsible. But, as far as the US and China were concerned, we chickened out. It almost directly resulted in Galwan. We just got lucky that our jawans reacted the way they did and saved us some face. But the Chinese accurately predicted our weak political reaction given by the fact that they pretty much went unpunished militarily for taking over the gray zone.