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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

If Iran and Israel Went to War: Five Israeli Weapons of War Iran Should Fear

If Iran and Israel Went to War: Five Israeli Weapons of War Iran Should Fear

07/15/14
Michael Peck
Security, Defense, State of the Military, Iran, Israel

Israeli military might should give Iran pause if the war ever erupted.


The Middle East is aflame from Baghdad to Gaza. But the most frightening conflict is one that is yet to happen. Though Iran's atomic weapons program has receded from world attention, displaced by the Syrian Civil War and Islamic extremists overrunning Iraq, the specter of an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities hovers over the region.
Or, there might be some other trigger. Perhaps a Hezbollah attack that draws Israeli retaliation and then Iranian intervention, or Israel and Iran clashing over Syria. Or, just misperception and miscalculation. Either way, it would not take much for Tel Aviv and Tehran to engage in combat.
Should hostilities erupt, Iran will have to confront one of the most capable militaries in the world. Here are five Israeli weapons that should worry Iran:
Read full articlehttp://nationalinterest.org/feature/if-iran-israel-went-war-five-israeli-weapons-war-iran-should-10875

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