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Iran's air defenses

Iran's air defense systems that were potentially degraded by Israeli strikes.

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Jan 13, 2026

How did Iranian air-defence capability change after Israeli pre‑strikes and before Midnight Hammer?

Israeli pre‑strikes and drone attacks in the weeks and days before Operation Midnight Hammer severely degraded Iran’s integrated air‑defence architecture—striking radars and many surface‑to‑air missil...

Jan 13, 2026

Israel's role in Midnight Hammer?

Israel played a consequential, preparatory and catalytic role in the chain of events that preceded and shaped Operation Midnight Hammer: its June 13 campaign, Operation Rising Lion, struck Iranian nuc...