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Beastly Boy

(13,177 posts) Fri Jun 27, 2025, 10:49 AM Jun 27

WATCH: IDF releases details of damage to Iran's nuclear, missile production sites

IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin spoke on Friday about the details behind the war with Iran, revealing the scale of damage to Iran's nuclear and missile programs.

Defrin began by saying that Israel had tried to prevent the expansion and development of Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities "behind the scenes," but said they had been "left no choice" but to proceed with the strikes.

The IDF believed that Iran had sufficient nuclear material to assemble several nuclear bombs within a short period of time and that Iran had begun ramping up missile production, aiming to increase its arsenal from 2,500 to 8,000 within two years.

Israel targeted dozens of senior military figures, 11 nuclear experts, as well as a variety of development sites in an opening surprise attack, Defrin noted. At the same time, the Israel Air Force targeted aerial defense sites ranging from launching facilities to production sites to radar arrays. This led to Israel achieving air superiority over western Iran within a matter of hours.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-859236

As per Defrin, Israel's strikes on Iran had two main goals. First, to target and destroy Iran's nuclear enrichment and development sites. Second, Iranian missile production and launch sites.

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WATCH: IDF releases details of damage to Iran's nuclear, missile production sites (Original Post) Beastly Boy Jun 27 OP

Because the est 275 nuclear weapons in Israel just aren't enough. Clear proof there is no such thing ... marble falls Jun 27 #1

There is a multitude of options between doing nothing and invoking "nuclear deterrence". Beastly Boy Jun 27 #3

Maybe so.................. Lovie777 Jun 27 #2

marble falls

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1. Because the est 275 nuclear weapons in Israel just aren't enough. Clear proof there is no such thing ...

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 10:57 AM

Jun 27

... as "Nuclear Deterrence".

Beastly Boy

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3. There is a multitude of options between doing nothing and invoking "nuclear deterrence".

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 11:12 AM

Jun 27

No one in their right mind would argue against any of them and all of them being preferable to the latter.

Lovie777

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2. Maybe so..................

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 11:01 AM

Jun 27

but Iran got the heads up and were able to move whatever were there to an undisclosed area.

And that not is good.

I saw a movie called Exodus when I was young. It came out 1960 I believe, I was not even born.

That movie in itself moved me to tears, and the respect I have for the Jewish people stays with me to this day.

But I also learned to respect all cultures and religions as well.

As John Lennon wrote and sung "Imagine".

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