The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has been preparing its F-35s for possible attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, according to sources in Israel.

Last week, Ali-Akbar Salehi, the former head of Iran’s nuclear agency, implied in remarks broadcast on Iranian state television that Iran had everything it required to construct a nuclear bomb.

The changes made by the IAF to its F-35s were behind the decision to perform heavy maintenance in Israel rather than send the stealth aircraft to a European maintenance centre. The changes being made have the intention of making the stealth aircraft more capable should Israel decide to attack nuclear sites in Iran.

The IAF has tested some of the modifications made to its F-35I Adir stealth fighters to make them more capable in a potential attack on Iran. In March 2023, the IAF participated in a joint exercise with Greece, France, Cyprus, Italy and the US.

Sources in Israel were only ready to say that the F-35 operated by the IAF would carry more fuel “in special tanks” in the non-stealth phase of the flight, noting that the added fuel was “a must” even with aerial refuelling capabilities.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed special fuel tanks for different types of fighter aircraft and has operated old Boeing 707s converted to operate as refuelling aircraft. In recent years, Israel has ordered new Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tankers, the first of which will be delivered towards the end of 2025.

Special test aircraft have recently been armed with an Israeli-made precision-guided munition weighing 1,000kg. The bomb, designed to fit the weapons bay of the F-35, has been described as a weapon with “super penetration”.

No further details have been released on the bomb but one of Israel company Rafael’s family of smart bombs, the Spice 2000, has an add-on kit for 900kg warheads such as the MK-84, BLU-109 and RAP-2000. It can be assumed that the new bomb was based on the experience gathered by using this bomb.

In recent tests, this unique bomb developed for the IAF’s F-35s achieved a circular error probability (CEP) of three metres.

The F-35 test aircraft operated by the IAF’s main test unit has been equipped with systems that enable it to fly and launch weapon systems in EW-saturated areas.

The test aircraft was also used to enhance the F-35’s capabilities to intercept armed-UAVs that Iran has been manufacturing in growing numbers, many of which have found themselves sent to Russia to be used in the country’s war in Ukraine.

Israeli sources have said that the growing threat of Iranian armed-UAVs was reflected in the changes performed in the IAF’s F-35s which included allowing pilots to receive direct data from ground units that are part of the IDF’s “Depth Command”.

Two years ago, Israel was affected by Russian GPS denial systems operated by Russian forces in Syria. During the event, Israeli civil aviation suffered the most severe interference, but recent years have seen the acceleration of the development of systems that would make Israeli-developed military systems immune to such disruptions. Some are already in operation while others have continued testing.

Officially, nobody in Israel has been ready to address the problem. Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Giora Eiland said that if advanced Western weapon systems got to the hands of Iran it could cause a problem if these systems were used against Israel.

“When a country like Iran puts its hands on an advanced US-made weapon systems such as the JDAM it creates the danger of finding the weak spots in such a system,” Eiland remarked. “In the JDAM example, the GPS navigation system can be affected by advanced GPS denial technologies such as those developed by Russia.”

Israeli-made weapon systems that use GPS as a guidance sensor also use other methods that are immune to interferences. By analysing the Russian GPS denial systems operated in Syria, Israel took action to be better prepared for more aggressive GPS denial.

The proliferation of Russian-made GPS jamming systems in the Middle East accelerated the process of equipping the IAF’s aircraft with anti-jamming systems. In 2021, the IAF revealed that an advanced anti-jamming system developed by IAI had been integrated into advanced platforms used by its different squadrons.

The system, the ADA anti-jam GPS system, was designed to protect GPS/GNSS navigation from jamming. According to IAI, the system has been integrated into advanced platforms used by the IAF including F-16 fighter jets and various types of UAV. The ADA system has demonstrated operational maturity and has been in use by a number of international customers on various airborne, land and marine platforms.

IAI said that ADA was combat proven in providing immunity against GPS jammers after it demonstrated its effectiveness in the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis in Gaza.

Israeli sources have said that the changes in the IAF’s F-35 were also made to enable the aircraft to operate in a “stand-alone mode” when ground forces transmit target data directly to the pilot without going through the IAF operation centre.

“This would enable the stealth aircraft to hit pop-up targets that require the shortest sensor to shooter time,” one of the sources said.

The capability will be based on a very advanced, highly classified data transfer system developed in Israel.

https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air-warfare/israel-prepares-f-35s-for-potential-mission-in-iran/


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obedience4:



Iran is more powerful than Israel
Looooooooool

God1000:
Israel should be careful with iran, they should not even try it because they won't like the outcome. How do you fight a country that is more powerful than you.

I hope president Biden will talk sense into netanyahu and stop him from such reckless move because whatever Israel does in the middle east will fall back on America.

Israel has nothing to lose in the middle east, but USA has a lot to lose if they continue to support Israel blindly.

God1000:
Israel should be careful with iran, they should not even try it because they won't like the outcome. How do you fight a country that is more powerful than you.

I hope president Biden will talk sense into netanyahu and stop him from such reckless move because whatever Israel does in the middle east will fall back on America.

Israel has nothing to lose in the middle east, but USA has a lot to lose if they continue to support Israel blindly.

adamma24:
Dear isreal

You do not have the weapon and man power to take on another country...you are already in gaza...getting ready to go to full war with Lebanon over Hezbollah...now you wanna go all out war with Iran.

Na watin iran dey find since....all out war

Better respect ur self and face your gaza.

Newton2024:
Your comment is laid with fear. Why are you "pitying" Israel?

God1000:
Israel should be careful with iran, they should not even try it because they won't like the outcome. How do you fight a country that is more powerful than you.

I hope president Biden will talk sense into netanyahu and stop him from such reckless move because whatever Israel does in the middle east will fall back on America.

Israel has nothing to lose in the middle east, but USA has a lot to lose if they continue to support Israel blindly.



Check global military ranking, Iran is ranked before Israel

adamma24:
Dear isreal

You do not have the weapon and man power to take on another country...you are already in gaza...getting ready to go to full war with Lebanon over Hezbollah...now you wanna go all out war with Iran.

Na watin iran dey find since....all out war

Better respect ur self and face your gaza.

Newton2024:
Quickly google six days war.

All Islamic nations combined have fought against Israel twice and Israel defeated them hands down. You wonder why Arab countries are only barking but can't bite? Experience has been their best teacher.

Israel is slow in Gaza strip because of the hostages and civilians. In an all out war, civilians will not be put into consideration. It would be blind and blanket bombing up and down until the enemies surrender.

Newton2024:
Quickly google six days war.

All Islamic nations combined have fought against Israel twice and Israel defeated them hands down. You wonder why Arab countries are only barking but can't bite? Experience has been their best teacher.

Israel is slow in Gaza strip because of the hostages and civilians. In an all out war, civilians will not be put into consideration. It would be blind and blanket bombing up and down until the enemies surrender.

Dream25:

I hate when ignorance talk online, they always sound like they know something when infact they know nothing...

Israel did not face all Arab in the six days war, they only fought Egypt with some few Syria forces..

Those that fought Egypt were France, Britain and US. Israel cannot win any war without those three helping her...

Meanwhile, Iran is not Arab.. Iran and Israel no be mate, that's why you see Israel always barking but can't take any action against Iran..

Iran will continue to sponsor groups that'll bomb the hell outta Israel and American forces in the middle East..

Newton2024:
Do you know how many Iranian generals and soldiers Israel has liquidated in the past few years? And why is Iran sponsoring terrorist groups instead of facing Israel directly? Do you know what mossad did to Iranian nuclear site and scientists? Google will help answer those questions.

chriskosherbal:
sir kindly leave them alone they don't know that country sitting in the middle of her enemies (Arab) and still dominating. Do you know the Jews ..they are technically/technologically gifted almost all inventions in America have a touch of A jew...they are one of the strongest American allies...very war smart. God's covenanted nation ..you want die.

Everybody is a trained soilder including women.

OhuDealer:
Iran's geography is even worse than Afghanistan as it's mostly mountainous lands.

And you can bet IRCG has hundreds of ballistic missile silos deep in their mountain ranges and hundreds of miles of network of underground bases .

Dropping nukes on mountainous regions have been proven to be highly ineffective because the mountains seem to contain and deflect the blast.

The only vulnerable areas in Iran as a result of geography are the flat plains bordering Iraq where most of their oil fields are. Bombing these oil fields won't do shit either as Iran has huge strategic reserves of refined oil products stored in cavernous storage facilities buried under mountains.

I sincerely can't make sense of Israel's suicidal objectives unless you consider that Israel is currently ruled by fanatical Jewish supremacists who are bent on starting a global conflict in which they believe their Messiah will appear at the last minute to save them and from there rule the world with Jews as the elite ruling class and the rest of humanity who survive the war enslaved to every Jew.

SeeThisLoser:


Deranged Shiites believe in the coming of their 12th IMAM of Mahdi.

Dream25:

I hate when ignorance talk online, they always sound like they know something when infact they know nothing...

Israel did not face all Arab in the six days war, they only fought Egypt with some few Syria forces..

Those that fought Egypt were France, Britain and US. Israel cannot win any war without those three helping her...

Meanwhile, Iran is not Arab.. Iran and Israel no be mate, that's why you see Israel always barking but can't take any action against Iran..

Iran will continue to sponsor groups that'll bomb the hell outta Israel and American forces in the middle East..

God1000:
Israel should be careful with iran, they should not even try it because they won't like the outcome. How do you fight a country that is more powerful than you.

I hope president Biden will talk sense into netanyahu and stop him from such reckless move because whatever Israel does in the middle east will fall back on America.

Israel has nothing to lose in the middle east, but USA has a lot to lose if they continue to support Israel blindly.



Check global military ranking, Iran is ranked before Israel