I don’t know if that is what forced this particular ceasefire today. Didn’t uncle Donnie yell at Bibi to halt an attack that was already in flight? I don’t know how long Israel could continue this and how long Iran could their response. Technically Israel has the US economy producing weapons for its strikes whereas Iran, AFAIK can only count on themselves at the moment.
From what I understand, Israel requested a pause to the hostilities (there’s not exactly an official ceasefire in geopolitical terms as there are several necessary frameworks, procedures and agreements required that was not applied in this case) because alongside depletion of its air defense missiles, it was taking significant damage to key sectors of its economy: Haifa, the pivot point for EU to counter the East West corridor, was taking significant damage including it’s oil refinery, its loss of commerce via its 3 ports, 1 of which is completely closed and a displacement of a significant number of it’s citizens. Essentially the economy was beginning to shut down.
The bombardment Iran was inflicting on Israel would overrun Israel’s ability to defend against it – it’s widely believed that Iran has large stockpiles of missiles well beyond Israel’s capacity.
So rather than provide Israel with more munitions to an air defense that was proving to already be inefficient, the US stepped in with it’s attack on Iran’s nuclear sites… which we all know now was mostly theater
Interesting. This does make some sense. I think Israel claimed they destroyed a significant number of Iran’s missile arsenal but I don’t know how true that was and how much Iran had remaining. One thing is clear though, if the air defences run out of fodder, then cheaper missiles, perhaps even drones become effective.
I don’t know what caused the ceasefire, I’m only saying they were able to and got the last volley in. Which made Israel vow revenge, but Israel still stopped. Who won? I don’t know. But I am saying Iran didn’t lose, which for such a weak military is a victory in and of itself.
I don’t know if that is what forced this particular ceasefire today. Didn’t uncle Donnie yell at Bibi to halt an attack that was already in flight? I don’t know how long Israel could continue this and how long Iran could their response. Technically Israel has the US economy producing weapons for its strikes whereas Iran, AFAIK can only count on themselves at the moment.
From what I understand, Israel requested a pause to the hostilities (there’s not exactly an official ceasefire in geopolitical terms as there are several necessary frameworks, procedures and agreements required that was not applied in this case) because alongside depletion of its air defense missiles, it was taking significant damage to key sectors of its economy: Haifa, the pivot point for EU to counter the East West corridor, was taking significant damage including it’s oil refinery, its loss of commerce via its 3 ports, 1 of which is completely closed and a displacement of a significant number of it’s citizens. Essentially the economy was beginning to shut down.
The bombardment Iran was inflicting on Israel would overrun Israel’s ability to defend against it – it’s widely believed that Iran has large stockpiles of missiles well beyond Israel’s capacity.
So rather than provide Israel with more munitions to an air defense that was proving to already be inefficient, the US stepped in with it’s attack on Iran’s nuclear sites… which we all know now was mostly theater
Interesting. This does make some sense. I think Israel claimed they destroyed a significant number of Iran’s missile arsenal but I don’t know how true that was and how much Iran had remaining. One thing is clear though, if the air defences run out of fodder, then cheaper missiles, perhaps even drones become effective.
I don’t know what caused the ceasefire, I’m only saying they were able to and got the last volley in. Which made Israel vow revenge, but Israel still stopped. Who won? I don’t know. But I am saying Iran didn’t lose, which for such a weak military is a victory in and of itself.
Yeah that makes sense.