Russian expert: 6,000 Iranian missiles ready, US aircraft carrier "either dead or disabled"
Russian experts believe that no matter how strong the US aircraft carrier group is, when facing Iranian missiles, it will suffer great damage.
The May issue of Russia's Army Guide Monthly magazine reported that the Iranian military has entered a high-level combat readiness phase since April 2018. According to Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami, "the US military considers itself a strong country, but US aggression will be crushed by Iran's iron fist."
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| Iran practices firing at US aircraft carrier model |
In fact, Iran has always considered missiles as the focus of development, which is also the most reasonable priority in the context of the national power shortage. Tehran is not able to establish an ocean-going fleet comparable to the US carrier fleet, nor can it have a large fleet of 5th generation fighter jets, so it can only use other methods.
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| Iran's NASIR anti-ship missile. Photo: Sina |
Looking at the current state of Iran’s military buildup, missiles and drones are receiving unprecedented attention. Iran may not be able to win a war with the US military or other Western militaries, but its weapons are at least enough to cause great damage to the enemy.
How to strengthen this deterrence capability is obviously also a key point in the development of the Iranian military. The Russian military commentator pointed out in the article that no matter how strong the US aircraft carrier group is, it will suffer great damage when facing Iran's missiles.
Meanwhile, the Iranian military has publicly declared that as soon as the enemy approaches, Iran's missiles will act. Therefore, any opponent of Iran facing such missile sea tactics will "either die or be crippled".
The Russian report also mentioned that Iran's factories are trying to increase missile production. To avoid surprise attacks, many of Iran's missile factories have been moved to mountainous areas or underground.
The Iranian defense industry, especially the autonomous development of the missile industry, has achieved such success, which is truly a miracle.
According to this article, many Iranian factories work day and night to be able to produce more than 400 missiles of various types each month, causing the number of missiles stored in the country's warehouse to increase rapidly.
Iran's missiles pose a threat to the world's most advanced military, making the US hesitant to take any action. This is truly an asymmetrical confrontation model.