“All the King’s horses and all the King’s men” – Scott Ritter details how the best US and Israeli air defence systems were brushed aside by the Iranian attack

From here:

(15) Scott Ritter on X: "The U.S. has an advanced AN/TPY-2 X-band radar stationed at Har Qeren, in the Negev desert. Its mission is to detect Iranian missile launches, and pass targeting data to Israeli Arrow and David’s Sling and U.S. THAAD ABM batteries deployed to protect sensitive Israeli sites,… https://t.co/qHb7sgbbAh" / X (twitter.com)

Here is the full tweet:

Scott Ritter  

@RealScottRitter

“The U.S. has an advanced AN/TPY-2 X-band radar stationed at Har Qeren, in the Negev desert. Its mission is to detect Iranian missile launches, and pass targeting data to Israeli Arrow and David’s Sling and U.S. THAAD ABM batteries deployed to protect sensitive Israeli sites, including Dimona and the Nevatim and Ramon air bases.

Iranian missiles struck both Nevatim and Ramon air bases.

The best surveillance radar in the world, working in concert with the most sophisticated anti-missile defenses in the world, were impotent in the face of the Iranian attack.

For all those trying to spin yesterday’s events as an Israeli victory, chew on that fact:

The best missile defense system in the world could not protect the sites they were tasked with protecting from attacks by Iranian missiles.

Who has deterrence supremacy? It ain’t Israel.

12:13 AM · Apr 15, 2024  982.4K Views

This corresponds to the analysis here that suggests that Irael has lost a lot of its defence capabilities, but not its attack capabilities – suggesting that a response would be one based on … ????

(100) Iran v Israel - war based on production and technological capacity – Israel air defences took out the first wave – two more waves took out some of Israel’s air defences – Israel may attack "carriers" (substack.com)

Onwards!!!

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