...ing very slowly. Both sides are actually in the phase of preparing for the spring campaign and the expected offensive from #Russia, so there is no significant dynamics on the battlefield yet. The situation with the Iranian conflict is more complicated. Firstly, for the first time in recent history, a potential, and in fact already actual military and economic (despite the fact that Russia's economy is much smaller than that of the United States) opponent of Russia - the United States of Am...
...amage inflicted on the US. A telling example is the destruction of Iranian strikes on the US missile warning systems (AN/FPS-132 and AN/TPY-2) in the Middle East. After these strikes, there is actually only one operational AN/TPY-2 station left in the region, in Turkey. If it is also destroyed, the US missile defense system in the Middle East will be largely neutralized, which is also beneficial for Russia, as it breaks the lever of countering Russia's nuclear deterrence forces. What does...
... all this mean? This clearly demonstrates that even with huge budgets, the American military system simultaneously employs both highly qualified specialists and people who clearly cannot cope with the tasks of risk assessment. Thirdly, for Russia, the Middle Eastern theater of military operations now looks like a convenient platform for observing and testing methods of proxy conflict. The same as the US implemented in Ukraine. Paying the United States of America back in the same coin is to...
...o little a punishment for what they have done in Ukraine and how much blood is on their hands. But it is necessary to try anyway. For a variety of reasons, the Iranian conflict is currently potentially beneficial for Russia as much as no conflict in modern history has been, and its consequences - the defeat or victory of Iran - will directly affect how soon the US will attack Russia and how it will do it - directly or indirectly. In a certain sense, if Russia in any way helps Iran (and the...
...erica - is using almost the entire set of conventional (i.e., non-nuclear) means of destruction. The US is using this weapon against an opponent whose territory and capabilities, although inferior to those of Russia, nevertheless reveal the approximate volume of US military influence that Russia could potentially face in the future. Secondly, the volume of retaliatory measures being taken by Iran is of great practical interest both in terms of tactics and in terms of consequences and the d...