Reski:
They have the greatest millitary in the middle east and yet they were thrashed by a handfull hezbollah guerilla's in the 2006 Lebanon war.
You call a millitary that goes about bombing and shooting at stone throwing boys and women and children in gaza. Then I guess you need to wait until they actually perform in a real war before you call them great again.

Obi1kenobi:

What is "suicidal" about Israel attacking Iran? An invasion of Iran is suicidal and impossible, because Iran is a far bigger country than Israel. Surgical air strikes are very feasible and there's not a damn thing Iran would be able to do about it. What will make Tel Aviv to be "gone". I've got no love for Israel, but they have by far the greatest military in the Middle East.

Obi1kenobi:

The Turks do have a good military built up in their fear of Soviet influence, but I wasn't thinking of them as a Middle East country even though they are. Bit like how Russia is mostly in Asia, but is seen as European. I would still insist Iran can't do jack shit - just like Iraq when Israel bombed their nuclear program.

Obi1kenobi:
All of you that keep mentioning Hezbollah are clutching at straws. A war against evasive guerillas and terrorists and a war against a conventional army are very different. Russia could easily crush a big country like Ukraine but it would struggle against rebels in Chechnya. The strategies are just very different.

Obi1kenobi:
All of you that keep mentioning Hezbollah are clutching at straws. A war against evasive guerillas and terrorists and a war against a conventional army are very different. Russia could easily crush a big country like Ukraine but it would struggle against rebels in Chechnya. The strategies are just very different.

Missy89:


You should insist with operational facts not tales of old battles. As it stands. It will never happen. Iraq is not Iran

IbnSultaan:

Russia is delivering s300 to them
the Iranians have a buoyant defence industry in fact just yesterday the launch a Missile with great capability

Omololu007:
you mean they can't iran without the U.S backing them?

Missy89:


So Lets see.

According to you logic, fighting rebels is more difficult (True). So that means should Israel attack Iran, and Iran Unleash her proxies in Israel's periphery,(evasive guerrillas) Israel will struggle or loose yet again. Correct?

DONBROTHER1:
for those of u saying that without the US backing the israeli can't face iran, i beg u that u go and read about the israel 6 days war with egypt, syria and jordan and how they are defeated by israel under six days.

Obi1kenobi:

Which operational facts? Do you think any of what we're blabbering about here is "operational fact"? Are any of us here generals or intelligence chiefs or defence ministers in Israel or Iran?

Iran is like Iraq. They are 2 stalemated regional powers who checkmated each others influence. Iraq was actually a better armed country while Iran had a larger army. Iran's influence has only risen since the US invasion of Iraq created a power vaccum that Iran is filling.

Omololu007:
then what is stopping them(isreal) from attacking iran?

IbnSultaan:

Hizbollah is most advance military not own by a country with thousand of operatives ready all over the world.
the have capabilities that some Countries dont
Obiagelli Missy89

Henry120:


The Iranians had already rejected the Antey-2500 AKA S-300VM. They are still pushing for the S-300.

blaqoracle:
you too dey watch Igbo drama. The last war that Israel fought with tiny hesbollah, Israel lost the war. Possibly, you think Iran is on the same scale as Nigeria.

Obi1kenobi:

The problem is they can'tget those guerillas into Israeli territory. All they can do is send more rockets to Hamas and Hezbollah, which is just a minor irritant to Israel, rather than a major security threat which Israel sometimes overreacts to. Israel has brazenly murdered several Iranian nuclear scientists and Iran have done little other than keep sending rockets.

Obiagelli:

Hezbollah actually dominates the distance between Israel and iran, I know of their strengths in number but I can vouch for their capabilities. Anyone still wonder why the Syrian rebels with the backing of the west haven't brought down the regime? =Hezbollah

Henry120:


Israel had overwhelming U.S support both in the Six Day and Yum kippur war.

Henry120:


The Iranians had already rejected the Antey-2500 AKA S-300VM. They are still pushing for the S-300.

IbnSultaan:

Am still amaze by their military know how n intelligence capability with out them lebanon , Syria, Hama's are gone

IbnSultaan:

Iran. I will Nigeria to collaborate with them in avionics drone tech n missile tech

Rilwayne001:
IRAN, no doubt, with her millitary capacity is unstoppable.

Henry120:


There are areas were Nigeria can corporate with Iran, Avionics is surely not one of them, neither is drone tech. Drone tech is something we can collaborate with the South-Africans on.

However in the area of Short-range air defence systems, the Iranians have developed some pretty impressive tech/guns. The Iranian Mesbah-1 Air-defence cannon is the first system that comes to mind.

Missy89:


But the guerrillas are ALREADY THERE on Israeli territory under their feet in Palestine and some are just waiting on the border up north in Lebanon and down south in Egypt. So you think if Israel bombs Iran, Iran will not use its ballistics missiles? (not hamas rockets).

Obi1kenobi:

The problem is they can'tget those guerillas into Israeli territory. All they can do is send more rockets to Hamas and Hezbollah, which is just a minor irritant to Israel, rather than a major security threat which Israel sometimes overreacts to. Israel has brazenly murdered several Iranian nuclear scientists and Iran have done little other than keep sending rockets.

Missy89:


You dont need to be a general to know what you are talking about. What stealthy planes do you think Israel will bomb The facilities with by the way? and how will they get back to their base? where will they refuel? which countries in between will give them the airspace? How will Iran react?

Do you really need to be a general to answer those questions? or do you think generals are magicians? How do you know Russia can defeat Ukraine? are you a general? dont contradict yourself

IbnSultaan:

yea only the us can support her with enough air tankers or if Saudis allow isreal use their airspace

Henry120:


Your post really is poorly informed/resourced, and isn't worth responding to.