After being heavily bombed by B-52 and B-2A, the Isfahan missile base resumed launches, delivering a blow to Trump!
Recently, that old launch site in Isfahan, which had been repeatedly bombed by B-52 and B-2A, suddenly launched a ballistic missile. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Aerospace Force announced that on March 7th, a ballistic missile was launched from the missile base located in Isfahan.
In Iran's military map, Isfahan holds a very special position. It is not only a major center for nuclear facilities but also one of the core hubs of the Revolutionary Guard's ballistic missile forces. In recent years, it has been frequently bombed. The US and Israeli intelligence agencies have been monitoring it, taking satellite photos again and again, and drawing up air strike plans one after another. According to conventional logic, such a "key target" should have already turned into ruins.
Why can't it be destroyed? Actually, this is precisely the cunning aspect of such underground facilities. These missile facilities in Isfahan are not simple sheds built on the ground, but giant underground fortresses hundreds of meters inside the mountain. Imagine, hundreds of meters of rock layers, even with bunker-busting bombs, it would be extremely difficult to completely destroy the internal command center and launch silos.
The Revolutionary Guard has a complete engineering emergency system in these "mountain bellies." Excavators, bulldozers, dump trucks - these equipment commonly seen at construction sites are war-ready supplies in the missile base, available 24 hours a day. Once the external entrance is attacked by air strikes, generating debris and rubble, as long as the internal safety signal confirms the structure hasn't collapsed, the engineering troops can immediately enter to clear the way. This "clearing - recovery" mechanism may take only a few hours or even less.
Dao Ge believes that with the intensive bombing by the US military, the launch frequency of Iran has indeed decreased significantly. The Pentagon then claimed that this was a "significant aerial warfare achievement." However, if we carefully analyze the data and timeline, this conclusion is not solid. If the launch platforms were really massively destroyed, it should have been "unable to launch," rather than "able to launch but not often." The current signs indicate that Iran is more likely implementing a clever "force preservation" strategy.
Facing the overwhelming aerial superiority of the US and Israel, Iran did not choose to confront head-on with a "saturation attack," but instead pulled back its fists, hiding them in the caves, only showing its sword at critical moments. This strategy is likely to keep the US and Israel in a state of anxiety, never knowing when the next missile will fly out. This, perhaps, is something Trump had not anticipated before. Dao Ge believes that as long as Iran's missile counterattacks continue, the victory declarations of the US and Israel will be greatly undermined.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859350111055884/
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