3rd World War Looms As Iran Threatens Israel, US, Of More Lethal Attacks If…
The third World war seems knocking on the door as Iran warned that it would respond in a much larger and severe way if Israel retaliates its drone and missile attacks which it launched on Israel yesterday, April 12.
Iran’s armed forces chief, Major General Mohammad Bagheri gave the warning as a follow-up to Iran’s attack against Israel.
He also warned Washington, the United States, not to back Israeli military action.
“Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel retaliates against Iran,” Major General Bagheri told Iranian state TV.
He said that Tehran warned Washington that any backing of Israeli retaliation would result in US bases being targeted.
Also, Hossein Salami, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned that Iran would retaliate against any Israeli attack on its interests, officials or citizens.
As at this morning, April 14, Israeli officials have not indicated any decision made about an Israeli response to the Iranian attack, as an official said that any potential response would be discussed at the war cabinet meeting later in the day.
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This was even as, President Joe Biden of the United States of America vowed to defend Israel in the ongoing war, warning that Iran will not be allowed to succeed against Israel.
Addressing journalists, Biden said: “We are devoted to the defence of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed.”
Asked about his message to Iran in the wake of the threat, Biden said, “Don’t.”
Biden said that he wouldn’t be able to reveal secure information, adding that his expectation was that an attack could come “sooner, rather than later.”
A US intelligence had reported that Iran was planning to attack Israel in the next 24 to 48 hours but that no final decision has been taken on the planned attack which are being discussed by Iran’s top leadership.
President Joe BidenThe report said that Israel is preparing for an attack on either the southern or northern part.
“The strike plans are in front of the Supreme Leader and he is still weighing the political risk,” an adviser to Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying.
Is Iran On Suicide Mission In Israel?
It has been confirmed that Israel’s forces are vastly superior to Iran’s when it comes to technology.
However, Iran, has massive stockpiles of cheap but effective weapons in its arsenal.
Since 2022, Iran has provided more than 1,000 Shahed-136 UAVs, as well as Shahed-131 and Mohajer-6 UAVs, to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In May, Iran began assisting Russia in establishing a Shahed-136 UAV production facility in Russia, according to the DIA.
It’s safe to assume that Iran has hundreds if not thousands of one-way drones in its inventory to attack Israel.
Israel would counter ballistic missiles with its Arrow interceptors and drone attacks possibly with David’s Sling air defense systems and perhaps with a system called Drone Guard made by ELTA Systems.
Who are their allies? What roles might they play?
Iran’s most important allies are the Shiite militias in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen that it supports with money, weapons and training. The Lebanese militia Hezbollah would be positioned to play the most significant role.
It’s fought repeated battles with Israel and has been regularly firing missiles, mortars and rockets into northern Israel since war broke out in October between Israel and the Iran-backed militant Palestinian group Hamas.
Hezbollah’s arsenal contains more than 70,000 rockets and missiles, including long-range and precision-guided missiles, according to Israeli intelligence.
An escalation of its attacks on Israel could test the country’s defenses at a time when it was also confronting Iran and Hamas.
Iran’s only state ally in the Middle East is Syria. The government of President Bashar al-Assad would be unlikely to be of assistance given that it’s still struggling to gain control over the entire country following the outbreak of civil war in 2011.