National surveillance officials to approaching President Donald Trump are considering , decapitating Iran’s nuclear program , in a bombing plan. They wouldn’t have been thinking this way if Israel hadn’t been extremely effective in destroying Iran’s weather defenses. The F-35 was the show’s sun. Involvement in the Trump camp , to remove the F-35 with robots, with Elon Musk one of the strongest tones, only took a figure blow owing to Israel.
Israel destroyed Iran’s heat threats including the Russian supplied S-300 MPU-2, an advanced type of the S-300. It was paired with scanners including the Russian Rezonans-NE which, it was claimed, could discover Jewish cunning aircraft and weapons. The S-300 fighter weapons can travel between Mach 6 and Mach 8 at a speed of 6 mph. Iran acquired four S-300 techniques, suddenly delivered in 2016. Additionally, Iran had a number of other air defense systems that, er, appeared to have been liquidated.
The F-35 is America’s cunning military fighter. It is currently being developed as part of a system that will eventually cost the US taxpayer trillions of dollars. Major Trump officials, including Elon Musk, want to stop F-35 creation and remove the cunning warrior with drones because of the high price tag and many birth issues, many of which were centered on software code issues.
The US has been using stealth drones for a while, but they are man-in-the-loop robots that need regular communication to achieve their targets. The use of radio contacts creates options for any attack as he can intercept the radio transmissions, locate the” secrecy” drone through calibration, and, as the Iranians proved, even grab power of the cunning helicopter and get it.
That’s what happened on December 5, 2011, when the Iranians online captured a US RQ-170 Sentinel cunning aircraft over Kashmar. The Iranians were aware of Sentinel drones being used to monitor Iran’s nuclear program and knew how to capture them. They were able to develop a controller and take control of the drone so they could ( presumably with Russian assistance ) watch the communications. The Egyptian pilot performed reasonably well, but the drone’s underside was damaged, his getting was difficult, and a wing was broken. Even so, Iran’s magnificent revolution gave them access to a top-secret platform with capabilities that were unmatched by anything the Russians, or even the Chinese, had at the moment.
The RQ-170 aircraft programme remains very classified, but other than the B-21 Raider, it is the only cunning aircraft in the US products. Although the B-21 is a proper bomber, it is thought to be able to operate as a bright drone without a crew. The B-21 program is hugely expensive, with the price of each platform closing in on$ 1 billion per copy.
Israel has a huge supply of robots —surveillance, command and control and assault forms. But Israel’s Air Force ( IAF ) relies on manned aircraft for its operations. Israel’s version of the F-35 is called Adir ( Mighty One ). It is a modified version of the F-35 that includes internally developed electronic measures and does not include Lockheed’s transportation tracking system ( because that would imply its aircraft may be tracked, a major flaw in the F-35 software ). With an accuracy greater than 3 meters ( 9.8 feet ), the Adir also supports Israeli weapons, including air-to-air weapons like Python and standoff weapons like the Popeye Turbo.
A big aircraft over a drone should not be forgotten because of the weapon’s weight, including wise weapons, and the ability to change to substitute targets. Drones have a much wider range of capabilities, and those that can launch smaller, unguided weapons, such as the Hellfire missile, don’t have the punch that a large platform does. The current trend is to construct drones that can soar alongside fighter jets or even aircraft. It’s still to be seen if these more recent friend drones actually increase air power capabilities. Examples include the Russian Okhotnik-B S-70 and the US XQ-58A Valkyrie. The Valkyrie is likely priced at about$ 25 million per copy, which is roughly a third of the F-35’s cost, despite not knowing the costs ( including R&, D) for the Russian drone. These models lack any empirical data, and most fight operations are theoretical.
Potential robots will increasingly struck targets using artificial intelligence and unnatural tracking, reducing, if not eliminating, television communications while also relying on GPS satellites for course correction. One drawback of this approach is that a significant delay occurs between a successful strike and reporting on the success of the attack, as drone protection requires operation in silent mode. Probably additional drones or satellites with the ability to survey targets will be required to evaluate the results.
Israel attacked Iranian targets using non-stealth fighter aircraft such as the F-15 and F-16 and the F-35 whose main function was to take out Iran’s air defenses. Along the same lines, Israel also crippled Syria and Iraq’s early warning radars from Iran. A map of Iran’s targets that the IAF raid produced by the Institute for the Study of War can be found below.
We are actually not well-versed in the logistics of Israel’s attack on Iran. No doubt that information is highly classified. However it is obvious that Israel’s attack, even taking into account the significant restrictions imposed by the Biden administration, was a great success.
Israel also succeeded in destroying Syria’s air defenses, once more reportedly using its F-35s. The first time the F-35 has been used against Russian-produced air defenses has been demonstrated by the value of the aircraft’s stealth feature in Syria and Iran.
There is a valuable lesson for potential adversaries, including Russia. Up until recently, the Russians lacked stealth technology. Russia’s Su-57 fighter bomber has recently , been upgraded , to enhance its stealth characteristics ( meaning reducing its radar signature ). The Russians also are developing a more advanced stealth fighter, the Su-75 Checkmate. Russia is also developing the Tu-PAK-DA, an unmanned aircraft ( the US already has the B-2 and is soon deploying the B-21 Raider ), and other stealth bombers ( it is anticipated to go into production in 2027 ).
Russians have also made a push to develop tools that can identify enemy stealth aircraft. The concept of dramatically reducing X-band radar signatures is the foundation of low-observable technology. Worldwide, X-band radars are the most popular type of air defense radars. Alternative radars, such as , L Band , or , VHF, can detect stealth aircraft but they are range limited and not accurate enough for most countermeasures. ( The Russians have built L Band radars , into the wings of the Su-57 , and other aircraft including the Su-27, to give them an ability to detect US stealth fighters. )
People in the United States who want to end the F-35 program must consider whether or not production should be stopped on the F-35, a platform that confronted Russian air defenses and an expansionist Iran, and impart a lesson to both of them.
Stephen Bryen is a correspondent for Asia Times and previously held the positions of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s staff and deputy undersecretary of defense for policy.  , This article was first published , on his , Substack newsletter , Weapons and Strategy and is republished with permission.