Israel allies : America and the West

Iran allies: Russia, China and (maybe) North Korea

GFP military ranking : Israel 13, Iran 16

Military Data
Iran, Israel
Total population 78.9 million, 7.5 million
Males 16-49 23 million. 1.8 million
Active forces 545,000. 187,000
Reserve duty 650,000. 565,000
Defence budget $9.2 billion. $13.5 billion



Army Weaponry
Iran. Israel
Tanks 1,613. 3,501
Towed artillery 2,010. 456
Self-propelled guns 865. 620
Multiple rocket systems 200 138
Mortars 5,000. 750
Anti-tank weapons 1,400. 900
Anti-aircraft weapons 1,701. 200
Logistical vehicles 12,000. 7,684



Naval Power
Iran. Israel
Total navy ships 261. 64
Merchant marine 74 10
Major ports/terminals 3. 4
Aircraft carriers 0. 0
Destroyers 3. 3
Submarines 19. 3
Frigates 5. 0
Patrol craft 198. 42
Amphibious assault craft 26. 0




Missile Arsenal
Iran. Israel
Short-range Shahab-2 (1,280km) Jericho-1 (1,400km)
Medium-range Ghadr-1 (1,600km) Jericho-2 (2,800km)
Long-range Sajjil-2 (2,400km) Jericho-3 (5,000km)


AIR POWER
Iran. Israel
Total Aircraft: 1,858 [2012] 656
Helicopters: 800 [2012] 138

Source: Reuters, CIA Factbook, Jane's Defence,
GlobalFirepower

www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/03/2012326131343853636.html

By the numbers
The Israeli military, having fought
repeatedly with several neighbours for the better part
of its existence, is made up of the Israel Defence
Forces (IDF, also known by Hebrew acronym Tzahal ),
Israel Naval Force (IN) and Israel Air Force (IAF).
Service is compulsory for most Jewish and Druze
citizens starting at 18 years old.
Israel has 176,500 personnel on active service, made
up of 133,000 in the army, which includes 107,000
conscripts. The navy has 9,500 sailors on active duty
and there are 34,000 in the air force, as well as a
total reserve force of 565,000.
Iran reprotedly has more than 523,000 personnel on
active service, comprising 350,000 in the army, including
220,000 conscripts. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps, viewed as the most loyal guardians of the ruling
system, has a further 125,000 soldiers.
Young Iranian men are obliged to serve 18 months in
the military service when they turn 19 years old, and
volunteers begin at 18 years old. A paramilitary
volunteer militia, the Basij Forces (literally
"Mobilisation of the Oppressed", takes members from
age 15.
Charged with defending the country's borders and
maintaining internal order, Iran's military is comprised
of the Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh),
which has ground forces, a navy, an air force (IRIAF)
and Khatemolanbia Air Defence Headquarters. The
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e
Enqelab-e Islami ) consists of the Ground Resistance
Forces, Navy, Aerospace Force and the Quds Force
(special operations).
There are 18,000 Iranian naval personnel and 30,000
air force personnel, including 12,000 in air defence.

lol!..if this data's are true..all i can say is that isreal truly as a cause to be worried!..never knew iran was this mighty...#TeamEnDtYmTiS

You forget to add the nuclear weapons of israhell

akins56: lol!..if this data's are true..all i can say is that isreal truly as a cause to be worried!..never knew iran was this mighty...#TeamEnDtYmTiS

. Iran is even underestimated here.

The area's were Israel has an advantage over iran, is in the air. Israel has better fighter jets than IRAN and a more experienced/ better trained with a huge number of flight times than the airforce of iran.

Israeli mekeva tank is also a world beater. These are the two areas were Israel has an advantage over iran.

The persians are also very good, they got a good air-defence system, which is almost entirely indigenous. As we all know, the persians have many brilliant scientists/ physicists in particular. The iranians are also due to reason the russian made S-300 missile defence system. The S-300 is one of the world's best air defence systems. Iran also has a huge huge number of state of the art missile systems.

The iranians also operate an up-graded T-72 as their main battle tank (MBT), which is a mean beast on it's own.

The truth of the matter is both nations are military very strong and if a conflict were to ensue between the two without any outside help, the war would likely end in a stale mate, with lots of destruction on both sides.

akins56: lol!..if this data's are true..all i can say is that isreal truly as a cause to be worried!..never knew iran was this mighty...#TeamEnDtYmTiS

Iran is even underestimated here mate. The iranians are strong, no doubt about that.

OP, let me see if I can get a few photos for you.

[size=31pt]Ballistic Missiles in the Iranian Arsenal[/size]



The Iranians are pursuing the most intensive missile program in the Third World, with constantly increasing ranges. Iran's missile arsenal begins with the Zalzal unguided rocket and the Fatah 110, an improved Chinese bombardment rocket with a 200 km range and a 200-250 kg warhead, to threaten concentrations of invading armies near its borders. Iran also has the Shahab 1 (Scud B) with a range of 300 km and the Shahab 2 (Scud C) with a range of 500 km.



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The Iranian Shahab 3 missile, with a range of 1,300 km, is patterned after the North Korean No Dong missile. The Shahab 3 can threaten either Tel Aviv or Riyadh from the same launch point. The newer Shahab 3ER, with its 2,000 km range, can reach Ankara in Turkey, Alexandria in Egypt, or Sanaa in Yemen from one single launch point deep within Iran. Thus, Iran does not have to move its launchers to project power, making its missile arsenal more survivable.



Iran's missiles are not controlled by the military, they are controlled by the Revolutionary Guard, which has its own air force, ground force, and navy, and which reports to Iran's spiritual leader. Iran is investing a lot in mobile launchers, but a few months ago we found a reference for the first time to the possibility of silo-basing.





Iran acquired eighteen BM25 land-mobile missiles with launchers from North Korea which can strike any targets in Europe. In the past, the BM25 has been produced in two models: one with a range of 2,500 km and the second with a range of 3,500 km. Obviously, they threaten not just Iran's immediate neighbors, and it seems that the Iranians are looking to project power beyond their own region. Iran is also developing a whole line of big, solid propellant, two-stage ballistic missiles - the Ghader 110. Well-substantiated reports indicate that the Iranians managed to steal and smuggle out of Ukraine several strategic cruise missiles, probably not to be deployed but to be emulated and copied. Thus, we can expect an Iranian cruise missile program too, based on cloning the Russian Kh 55, the Soviet equivalent of the U.S. "Tomahawk."

Tanks, subs and planes
The Israeli army has more than 3,000 tanks, reported
to include 441 Merkava MkI, 455 Merkava MkII, 454
Merkava MkIII, 175 Merkava MkIV and 206 Centurion
models.
The Israeli military also has, according to
Reuters, some 10,484 armoured personnel carriers
(APCs) and 5,432 artillery pieces, including 620
motorised and 456 towed pieces.
Iran's military reportedly has 1,613 tanks, including some
100 locally produced Zulfiqar, about 100 ageing
British-made Chieftain Mk3 and Mk5 models obtained
before the 1979 revolution, alongside 150 US-made
M-60A1s - as well as 480 Soviet-designed T-72 tanks
and 540 T-54/T-55 models, according to the Reuters
news agency.
Tehran also has about 640 APCs, in addition to 8,196
artillery pieces - of which 2,010 are towed and more
than 800 are motorised.
The Israeli navy has three Dolphin (German-made type
212 variant) tactical submarines - thought to be
nuclear-armed in order to give Israel offshore second
strike capability - in addition to 57 patrol and coastal
combat ships, including three corvettes.
Iran, on the other hand, has a significantly larger fleet
of naval craft, containing 23 submarines, including 15
tactical subs; three Kilo-class Russian-made Type 877
diesel-electric attack submarines , 12 midget submarines
(Iranian-built Ghadir and Nahang shallow-water
vessels made for the Gulf) and eight swimmer delivery
vehicles.
The Iranians also reportedly have more than 100 patrol
and coastal combat ships, including six corvettes, 13
patrol craft, four patrol boats, 21 semi-submersible
boats and 56 various other patrol vessels.
The Israeli Air Force established a reputation for its
precision during the 1967 Middle East war, but was
heavily criticised in the wake of thousands of civilian
deaths in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon in
subsequent decades. It has 460 combat-capable
aircraft, with 168 fighters, including 27 Boeing F15A
Eagle, seven F15B and 90 F16A Fighting Falcons.
The fleet also includes 227 ground attack fighters and
65 attack aircraft, in addition to nine tanker/transport
aircraft and 77 other transport aircraft.
Israel maintains 81 attack helicopters, including 30 Bell
AH-1E/AH-1F Cobra and 30 Boeing AH-64A
Apache gunships, as well as 200 transport helicopters.
Its air defence capabilities include 48 towed surface-to-
air missile launchers (SAM) and 920 guns, as
compared with the 279 SAM missiles reportedly held by
Iran.
Iran's air force is believed to contain some 336 combat-
capable aircraft, including 189 fighter aircraft such as
20 US-made F5B jets, 60 F5E Tiger IIs and Russian-
made 35 Mig-29A jets. The force is also understoof to
have 108 ground attack aircraft, among them both
Iranian and Russian-built craft, many of which were
reportedly taken from Iraq . The country's 116 transport
aircraft were made in China, Netherlands and the US,
among other places. The IRIAF also has 30 Bell 214C
maritime reconnaissance helicopters.

Iran’s rapidly Developing Solid Propellant Ballistic Missile

Iran has already demonstrated a three stage operation with the solid propellant Ghadr-110/Ashura program 2,000 km range designed is now being produced for deployment which has finally been publicly acknowledged after completing development to replace the liquid propellant Shahab-3B, 3C/Ghadr-1 already deployed. The Shahab-3B, 3C/Ghadr-1 design has a 2,000 km range performance. How advanced the Iranian Ghadr-110/Ashura as compared to the Pakistani Shaheen-2 can be questioned in the sense it utilized the three stage concept in flown flight test configuration verses the near identical two stage Shaheen-2 design approach that Pakistan used. It would appear that Iran chose to choose to use two identical half length solid motors of identical diameter for a second and third stage instead of the Shaheen-2 like first stage one with a sea level nozzle and the second one with an altitude nozzle as the second stage.

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Thousands of long-range missiles - Iran ready to defend

New Developments in Iran's Missile Capabilities







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Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOR3uKD-eMU

[size=15pt]Iranian Naval missile launch, including torpedo[/size]

Iran Sejjil-2 missile with a range of 2500 Kilometers (can carry a nuclear warhead)

Obiagelli:
You mean Iran can hit London with its missiles, despite the arms embargo, these guys are impressive

In terms of the sheer numbers of projectiles the range and sophistication, Iran may be the world’s 6th missile power. Counting only those medium range missiles that could hit Israel or U.S. bases in the region, then Iran could easily possess several hundred, and maybe many more. Considering that Iran has been manufacturing the Shahab-3 since 2003 this is probably not an over-estimation. Iranians are excellent scientists.

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Iranian Qiam-1 missile

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Warhead of Qiam-1

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Iranian Ghadr-F, Sejil, Shahab-2 and Fateh-110 missiles:

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Iran has enough missiles to level Israel if it wanted to. However the repercussions of such an action would also mean the end of iran.

The Israeli defence forces (IDF) would be the first military outside the united states, to own the F-35 fighter jet. The F-35 is a 5 gen. Fighter plane, and is considered in some quarters as the world's most advanced fighter plane ( to others, the F-22 is).

Israel has the most potent airforce in the region, whether in sheer numbers or capabilities. That is why the Iranian government is desperate to the get the russian S-300 missile defence system. It is in air defence were they(iranians) have a short fall. They got good systems, they've shot down 3 US drones in recent past, however when you are up against the F-35, being good is not good enough, you need to be best.






*many people do not know this, but iran has the 3rd largest jewish population in the region, I.e behind turkey in number 2 and Israel itself in number 1. There are an estimated 300 thousand jews living and working in iran.

Iran has enough missiles to level Israel if it wanted to. However the repercussions of such an action would also mean the end of iran.

The Israeli defence forces (IDF) would be the first military outside the united states, to own the F-35 fighter jet. The F-35 is a 5 gen. Fighter plane, and is considered in some quarters as the world's most advanced fighter plane ( to others, the F-22 is).

Israel has the most potent airforce in the region, whether in sheer numbers or capabilities. That is why the Iranian government is desperate to the get the russian S-300 missile defence system. It is in air defence were they(iranians) have a short fall. They got good systems, they've shot down 3 US drones in recent past, however when you are up against the F-35, being good is not good enough, you need to be best.






*many people do not know this, but iran has the 3rd largest jewish population in the region, I.e behind turkey in number 2 and Israel itself in number 1. There are an estimated 300 thousand jews living and working in iran.

Henry120: Iran has enough missiles to level Israel if it wanted to. However the repercussions of such an action would also mean the end of iran.

The Israeli defence forces (IDF) would be the first military outside the united states, to own the F-35 fighter jet. The F-35 is a 5 gen. Fighter plane, and is considered in some quarters as the world's most advanced fighter plane ( to others, the F-22 is).

Israel has the most potent airforce in the region, whether in sheer numbers or capabilities. That is why the Iranian government is desperate to the get the russian S-300 missile defence system. It is in air defence were they(iranians) have a short fall. They got good systems, they've shot down 3 US drones in recent past, however when you are up against the F-35, being good is not good enough, you need to be best.






*many people do not know this, but iran has the 3rd largest jewish population in the region, I.e behind turkey in number 2 and Israel itself in number 1. There are an estimated 300 thousand jews living and working in iran.

The drones were brought down using electronic warfare; Iran had managed to hack the controls of the drones and captured them. The Iranians are now doing reverse-engineering of the drone

[size=18pt]Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF)[/size]

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[size=19pt]An underground Iranian ballistic missile base [/size]

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[size=19pt]Iranian Drone Bombers (Karar) on the launch platform[/size]

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All the missiles in the world do not matter .....IF THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE OFF. #TeamIsrael #TeamActFirstAskLater.

@Henry120, u dwell much on offense what of defense. According to GFP's ranking and list of weapons in these countries disposal, it is evidenced that IRAn is ahead of ISRAEL, why then is ISRAEL sitting number 13 against IRAN's number 16. With all these missiles and their ranges, drones, submarines and whatnot, it is possible that they never hit their intended target (I stand to be corrected though).

Iran has a larger and advanced Missile Technology.Israel still has an advanced defence system,thanks to its western allies.

Rexious: @Henry120, u dwell much on offense what of defense. According to GFP's ranking and list of weapons in these countries disposal, it is evidenced that IRAn is ahead of ISRAEL, why then is ISRAEL sitting number 13 against IRAN's number 16. With all these missiles and their ranges, drones, submarines and whatnot, it is possible that they never hit their intended target (I stand to be corrected though).

The idea is to have a first (1st) strike capability. It is in this area the israelis dwarf their middle-eastern neighbours. Only egypt comes close to Israelis in offence, with over 250 F-16's, unknown number of mirage 2000 and F-7 interceptors.

Israel also has the best air-defence architecture in the middle east and one of the best in the world. They can deploy the following systems

1)Arrow 2 ballistic missile(BM) interceptor
2)Arrow 3 BM interceptor
3)Iron dome air defence system
4)THAAD air defence system

The arrow 3, which would soon be operational, would have the ability to take out satellites in space. It has the capability to deal with BM's also at 3000km, with an altitude of over 150km.

THAAD air defence system is also designed to deal with 3000km ballistic missiles


Pictured below is the iron dome system deployed during the recent isreal- gaza conflict

kodewrita: All the missiles in the world do not matter .....IF THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE OFF. #TeamIsrael #TeamActFirstAskLater.

As in ehn, thats their ultimate strength.... as much as i would want to see these toys(each country's military machines) in action the thought of been in a defenceless country like Nigeria doesnt want any war to occur