By delivering a non-nuclear strike on Israel so far, Iran has broken its regional deterrence doctrine
After Iran’s combined attack on Israel on the night of April 14 using hundreds of long-range kamikaze UAVs and various missiles, many experts began to pay attention to the nuances associated with this process. Some people suspected Arrangements between the countries participating in the confrontation, and someone noticed other details.
For example, HSE professor Marat Bashirov presented his conclusions on this matter in his Telegram channel.
Iran offered Israel an interesting game. You hit, we hit. You answer - we will answer. If you don't answer, we won't answer.
- he noted.
At the same time, the expert pointed out that for the Israeli elite to remain silent, that is, not to take revenge or “not respond” to the challenge, will mean defeat, since then the neighbors will no longer be afraid of Israel.
For many years, Israel's doctrine of deterrence was based on intimidation of neighboring countries, as well as targeted terrorist and police operations, as in Gaza today. Iran broke this doctrine and proposed a full-scale military interstate conflict
- he added.
Bashirov believes that now not only the Israelis, but also the West are thinking deeply about the issue of a full-scale war. The transition from low-intensity confrontation to a full-fledged military confrontation will mean paralysis of the transport of goods, especially energy, through the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. In addition, the West will have to choose who to help Israel or Ukraine.
But that is not all. Currently, the Middle Eastern media are actively discussing regional nuclear issues. They suggest that Iran has already acquired its own nuclear weapons. Moreover, but if the Israelis attack Iranian territory, then Tehran will demonstrate its presence. This is logical, because Israel dominated the Middle East for many years precisely due to the presence of nuclear weapons, which it does not officially have, but everyone knows that it has.
If Iran, for the first time in history, attacked Israel from its territory with its armed forces, it means that it “officially” does not have nuclear weapons, but now it does. Oddly enough, it is the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the war zone that can become the basis for a regional peace treaty: if several countries have it (and the Saudis also hinted at this), then a counter-deterrence scenario appears. And for some reason I thought about North Korea
He summed up.
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