Die Lektion des Erfolgs Israels in der Luft
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/07/israel-iran-airstrikes-success/683443/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
Die Lektion des Erfolgs Israels in der Luft
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/07/israel-iran-airstrikes-success/683443/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
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Mark Bowden: “It’s doubtful that the state-of-the-art stealth technology cloaking American B-2 bombers as they attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on the night of June 21 was even necessary. Iran’s airspace, by then, was like a red carpet. With two heavy blows—one last October and one in mid-June—Israel had already destroyed Iran’s air defenses and taken control of its skies.
“President Donald Trump claimed that the air strikes he ordered ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear ambitions, which they probably didn’t. The air strikes have certainly set those ambitions back. But the accomplishment was not America’s. It was Israel’s.
“Leaving aside questions about the wisdom and efficacy of the Israeli and American attacks on Iran, this much is clear: The Israelis achieved complete air supremacy days before the B-2s took off. How did they do it? What does it say about Iran’s fate, or about air war in the 21st century? During the past several days, I posed these questions to some former top military officers, most of them only recently retired.”
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Surely the most obvious lessons here are:
1. Have the full backing of a superpower
2. Make sure your enemy doesn’t