Iran’s military may be badly damaged by the U.S. and Israel’s campaign. But that damage has exposed a more enduring threat: asymmetric warfare, in which individuals or small groups of militants can pose threats strategic to the American military.
Iran’s military may be badly damaged by the U.S. and Israel’s campaign. But that damage has exposed a more enduring threat: asymmetric warfare, in which individuals or small groups of militants can pose threats strategic to the American military.
You can’t send in ground troops until you’re basically unchallenged in the air. Doubly true if you’re needing to parachute them in (like over some mountains). The biggest losses were those THAAD systems, and the bases.