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.
Editor’s Note: Please see previous works from our “Weapons of War” series including: Five NATO Weapons of War Russia Should Fear, Five Russian Weapons of War NATO Should Fear, Five Chinese Weapons of War America Should Fear, Five American Weapons of War China Should Fear, Five Japanese Weapons of War China Should Fear, Five Best Weapons of War from the Soviet Union and Five Taiwanese Weapons of War China Should Fear.
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:
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