By accusing Iran of selling hordes of Close Range Ballistic Missiles (CRBMs) to Russia, for use in the Ukrainian war, the US and its allies have made the case for a breakthrough in Iranian capability in Missile technology.
The deeper accusation hinges on the veiled suggestion that Iranian missile technology is being field-tested, to obtain detailed operational parameters, leading to an overhaul of Iranian missile technology under capable, Russian oversight.
Thus, one can expect that targeting, guidance systems, flight systems, engines, and warheads will all get a substantial boost and will be tested out in a host of different conditions, day and night, in an active war zone to validate various parameters.
The deployment of these missiles in a war zone alongside regular Russian troops, Spetznaz Units, artillery units, armored Corps, and infantry further indicates a complete overhaul of Iranian military doctrine and its warfighting tactics and strategies.
By specifying a range of 300 km for these CRBMs, the US remains poised to highly focus its military operations to Iranian coastal areas using its naval assets and SEAL teams, citing a danger to international shipping lines in the Hormuz and Bab el Mandab, thus dragging all of the GCC into the simmering conflict.
Pakistan too has been targeted by Iranian SRBMs in Baluchistan recently, which will cause further anxiety to it, along with the Caspian Sea nations of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, which also border Iran.
Russian state-of-the-art S400 Triumf air defense systems have also been reportedly delivered to Iran, indicating deepening military relations with its army, navy, and air force.
These reports come on the heel of the Khayyam remote sensing satellite, which was sent to orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by Russia, which further attests to a deepening strategic level partnership between it and Iran along the entire Spectrum of warfighting domains.
With India also in possession of the S400 Triumf, therefore, there exists a dangerous tilt in the balance of power in the region, as Chinese-made air defense systems, which already failed to intercept Iranian missiles in Baluchistan, do not measure up to the technology available with India.
This means that Pakistan will have to rely on swarms of cheap drones to penetrate Indian air defenses, for which it will be constantly under pressure to increase its kill radius as well as destructive firepower.
This means, that Pakistan will have to be on an aggressive war footing militarily, which further means that Indian asymmetrical operations aimed against Pakistan will tend to flare up quickly.
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