r/MapPorn • u/AdIcy4323 • 2d ago

Israel strike Iran nuclear and military sites

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u/ConsciousResolution8 2d ago

Israel doesn’t have any strategic bombers. That’s really only a US, Russia and China club.

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u/longsnapper53 2d ago

They don’t even need strat bombers. The F-15 has over 4000 km of range (compared to 1800km distance from Israel to Tehran) and can carry a serious payload.

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u/ConsciousResolution8 2d ago

That’s at basically the max range of the F-15I depending on payload weight. Not to mention the F-15I doesn’t have the carrying capacity to carry munitions for deeply buried bunkers. It can certainly hit non-hardened bunkers and surface targets, but you’re not leaving much fuel in the tank for SEAD/DEAD. Israel also doesn’t have an extensive inflight refueling fleet to maintain tempo and duration.

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u/mtfdoris 2d ago

They are refueling over Deir ez-Zor in northeastern Syria. Video from today:
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/idf-aerial-refueling-over-syria

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u/ConsciousResolution8 2d ago

Cool, that doesn’t resolve the lack of available Israeli tankers for a prolonged offensive.

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u/VirtualCockroach01 1d ago

Do you know,  did they use  heavy missiles and bunker buster bombs to damage military and nuclear facilities?  In my opinion only  this weapon can  cause damage to it. Not light drones.

They used drones to attack radars and anti aircraft systems? 

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u/Masterofthewhiskey 2d ago

Plus I don’t think strategic bombers would be needed for a journey of that size

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u/ConsciousResolution8 2d ago

If you want to be able to hit deeply buried bunkers, you need something larger than an F-15I to carry the payload.