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5-7 missiles hit the world’s most heavily defended location, defeating an integrated ABM defense that was custom built to defeat the missiles it failed to shoot down.
The point of this exercise is to note that if Iran had send 30 missiles at Nevatim, the base would be inoperable.
Israel knows this.
So does the U.S. Army.
Which is why Iran has achieved strategic deterrence over Israel.
Which was the whole point of the operation.
--- Scott Ritter on X/twitter, Apr 15
