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| AAR: Scorecard Israel |
| 2025-07-04 |
| [Townhall] Below are data provided by the IDF on Operation Rising Lion through the first round of fighting: Attacks: 1,500 Air Force sorties and 600 aerial refuelings 1,400 fighter jet strikes and 500 drone strikes The furthest attack - in Mashhad at a distance of 2,400 km by a fighter jet Eliminations: 11 senior nuclear scientists More than 30 senior officials in Iran's security system Hundreds of soldiers of the Iranian military forces Nuclear: 3 nuclear sites were attacked: Isfahan, Natanz and Fordow. Thousands of centrifuges (for uranium enrichment) were destroyed Nuclear research and development centers were destroyed Military infrastructure and weapons: 15 enemy aircraft were destroyed 80 surface-to-air launchers (air defense systems) were destroyed 200 missile launchers were destroyed (50% of all Iranian launchers were destroyed) 35 missile production plants were attacked 6 airports were attacked Intercepts: 86% success in intercepting ballistic missiles (hundreds launched) 99% success in intercepting UAVs (thousands launched) *SENIOR MOMENT One needs to recall that the planes involved in the attacks are old. For example: F-15 introduced in 1976 F-16 introduced in 1978 F-35 introduced in 2015 Tanker KC-35 introduced in 1957 For the Americans: B-2 introduced in 1993 F-22 introduced in 2005 Israel added repurposed 767s as tankers in addition to C-130s. While the "I" version of F-15s (1998) and F-16s (2004) are newer, the planes are still based on old airframes. It is an incredible tribute to the designers and manufacturers of all of the planes above that they performed so well under difficult circumstances. Kudos must also be given to the ground crews that quickly and successfully turned around planes to get them fueled, loaded with bombs and back on their way. The B-2 waited over 30 years for this mission—the exact one for which it was invented. Drones obviously played a huge role in the attack, with their importance only growing in all major air forces. |
| Posted by:Grom the Affective |
| #2 For Israel: $ Billions in damage. About two dozen fatalities. Several hundred with injuries. Economy disrupted. Pretty bad but it could have been worse. Imagine the war occured on Iranian schedule. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-07-04 12:36 |
| #1 I think about 500 surf to surface missiles were launched from Iran. That means about 70 missiles hit. I think that for the previous two missile barrages the intercept rate was closer to 95% including those intercepted by UK and USA devices. For Israel: $ Billions in damage. About two dozen fatalities. Several hundred with injuries. Economy disrupted. Pretty bad but it could have been worse. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-07-04 12:00 |