Illustrative image. (Israeli Defense Forces)
Israel continues to grind down Iranian air defenses, all while attacking more nuclear and missile sites in the Islamic Republic.
On June 18, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released footage showing recent strikes on Iranian ballistic missile launchers and several air defenses, including two Sevom Khordad and one Mersad-16 medium-range systems.
The Sevom Khordad is typically armed with Taer-2 or Sayyad-2 anti-aircraft radar-guided missiles, with a range of 50 and 40-75 kilometers respectively. Meanwhile the Mersad-16 is armed with the Shalamcheh-2 anti-aircraft radar-guided missile with a reported range of up to 100 kilometers.
The systems were apparently targeted with Delilah air-launched cruise missiles. The system, which has a range of 250 kilometers, was especially developed to attack moving targets. It is guided via a GPS-aided inertial navigation system with terminal electro-optical homing.
According to the IDF, at least 70 Iranian air defense systems have been destroyed since the start of attack on the Islamic Republic, codenamed Operation Rising Lion.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) intensified strikes on Iran early on June 19, reporting targeting the Khojir Missile Production Complex near the capital, Tehran. Video footage posted to social networks showed a large fire at the site, where ballistic missiles are allegedly produced.
Later in the day, the IDF announced that over 50 fighter jets of the IAF took part in overnight operations that included strikes on an Iranian centrifuge production site and several weapon-production facilities.
The centrifuge production site in Tehran was used by Iran to expand the scope and rate of its uranium enrichment for the purpose of developing nuclear weapons, the military said in a statement.
It added that the weapon-production factories hit included a site for the production of raw materials and components for the assembly of the “surface-to-surface missiles” that the Iranian regime has been firing at Israel, as well as facilities for making systems and components for “surface-to-air missiles” designed to hit aircraft.
Footage released by the IDF showed F-16 fighter jets armed with Spice 250 and Spice 1000 guided glide bombs. Both bombs have a range of 100 kilometers and feature a GPS-aided inertial navigation system with terminal electro-optical homing. While the Spice 250 is a complete system with a weight of 113 kg, the Spice 1000 is an add-on kit for 450 kg unguided bombs.
Despite taking heavy losses, Iran continues to launch ballistic missile attacks against Israel, with at least 30 fired overnight.
The offensive capabilities of Iran appear to be recovering. However, the Islamic Republic is yet to reorganize its air defenses which will lead to more losses.
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when you have a us defense secretary covered in tattoos from neck to toes, you may think you are in the movie ‘idiocracy’. but no : this is the current us government. so don’t be amazed by the idiotic level of the stupid fatass country trolls.
the trolls are nearer to home i slagged off sf as to its heading article as it compares to western propaganda – and it was censored – i did it to gain knowledge of who they really are- now i know.
zionists are running out of intercepter missiles, thus are desperate to destroy more iranian air defense systems which i’m sure iran has plenty of, and it’s another reason coward zionists are crying to their puppet trump to get involved.
in americuntland we have morality of transgender pedophile
they shouldn’t have bought the ruzzian crap to defend themselves 🇷🇺=🤡 😆😆😆
unfortunately they couldn’t buy any american or european ones as they are busy being serial burned in ukraine.
they can’t buy any american stuff because it is all on fire in tel aviv and kiev amidst the rubble
i wonder what they will do at the sohr observatory if parts of iranian nuclear missiles and dirty bombs fall on syria?
ongoing violations | israeli forces shoot down two iranian-made drones over daraa countryside on jun 17, 2025 share daraa province: israeli air force shot down two iranian-made drones in two separate incidents in the northern and western daraa countryside.
putting a dirty bomb on a drone that can be shot down is stupid. their using their drones to wear down israels air defense.
according to reliable sohr sources, the first incident occurred in the vicinity of khafsin village, where the drone was intercepted and dropped within one of the village’s agricultural land. meanwhile, the second drone crashed in hitt village, where smoke was seen rising from the site. however, no casualties have been reported.
earlier today, the syrian observatory has documented the shooting down of five iranian drones by israeli forces, while flying in the airspace of different areas in southern syria. four drones were intercepted over yarmouk basin area, where the remains of a drone fell in al-qusayr town in the western countryside of daraa. also, the remains of one of the drones fell in hayt village in the same countryside.
sohr obtained a video footage showing a drone on fire, after having fallen on a farmland in hayt village and split into two parts. the incident triggered panic among residents, as the drone hit the farm which is close to their houses.
the remains of the other drones fell in different areas in yarmouk basin.
the fifth drone was intercepted over sayda al-golan town in the southern countryside of al-quneitra, where sohr activists reported seeing plumes of smoke in the region.
al-quneitra province: members of an israeli military patrol devastated ten civilian houses in al-hemaydiyah village under the pretext that “those houses were near an israeli military base,” as well as arresting two civilians. in addition, israeli forces arrested two civilians from al-samdaniyah al-sharqiyah village for unknown reasons, a few hours after the advancement of an israeli patrol of four vehicles carrying soldiers and weapons into the village in the middle countryside of
and i wonder if the iraqis would be happy if parts of iran’s dirty bombs and nuclear missiles fell on iraq?
a government begging the occupier and betraying those who saved it! june 17, 3:21 pm written by: raji sultan al-zuhairi
in an arrogant, surprising, and perhaps even disgustingly ridiculous move, the “wise” iraqi government has called on the united states to intervene to prevent israel from violating iraqi airspace. yes, do you believe it, dear reader?
well, do you understand the magnitude of this farce we are drowning in? the iraqi government has so coldly admitted that it has no control over its country’s skies and that national sovereignty is merely a hollow slogan trumpeted in conferences and statements of political hypocrisy. if you don’t have sovereignty, then step aside and leave the room to those who can face the truth.
just days before this humiliating request, the united states grounded its f-35 aircraft in iraq so that iraqis would not use them to defend their land. that is, if they even have the authority to use them! imagine a country that lacks a real air defense system, aircraft, or missiles… how can it claim neutrality in a bloody global conflict that interferes with its geographic and political existence? speaking of neutrality, what kind of neutrality is this that iraq wants to be,
“neutral,” as if it were competing with switzerland! have these politicians forgotten—if they actually remember anything—that iran was the only country to open its military stores when isis invaded iraq? have you forgotten that america and some arab countries colluded—or at least remained silent—when the terrorist monsters expanded from mosul to the gates of baghdad?
gentlemen, don’t play dumb with people. iran didn’t have to intervene, but it did. it sent weapons, advisors, and even men, many of whom were martyred defending this land. this truth, which is today being excluded from the media and erased from the memories of politicians, cannot be erased from the hearts of iraqis who saw with their own eyes who stood with them and who sold them out
so the bitter question is, who are we? if we claim neutrality, let us live up to this position. but we cannot be “neutral” in public while throwing ourselves into the arms of those who have disabled our weapons, who bombard our neighbors’ lands over our heads, and who control our airspace as if we were a colony. personally, i’m not talking here about the arabs; i’ve written about them enough. that’s a page that’s folded, but now i’m talking about iraqi dignity, honor, and sovereignty.
i’m talking about what it means to be a state, not a follower in uniform. please, enough subservience. it’s time for us to be free, even once. to say “no” with a sincere iraqi voice and reclaim our dignity from the rubble of subservience. and to understand that neutrality does not mean cowardice or betrayal of those who stood with us in our hour of need. o our “wise” government, if you are unable to protect our skies, then do not ask the occupier to do so on your behalf.
shame and shame on anyone who spills the dignity of a land that taught humanity to write.
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so, should south explain to me now how they plan to defend their russia without wanger and utkin, and how do the iraqis and syrians think that if a dirty bomb is dropped on their country, they won’t glow at night and won’t need lights anymore?
there will be no more bills for public lighting if they themselves glow radioactively
tartus province: sohr activists documented the death of the first syrian civilian (female) during the escalating military activity between iran and israel on syrian territory. a woman died affected by the wounds she sustained after a drone, which is believed to belong to iranian forces, was shot down and landed on a house in al-tali’iy village in safita countryside.
ok your a npc. got it.
time is on iran’s side. israel will soon exhaust its arsenal.
they are throwing curry at iran….spice bombs
so let us get this straight. the westoid retards suddenly realize ukraine is depleting them. well thats just so sad. i need to find my tissue box …..
us is helping israel from jordan and syria to provide refueling in the air . this is serious . iran has to find this refueling jet and shoot them down. and find out this refuleing jets are flying from where if jordan then iran has to warn jordan and hit them.
iran is fucked. there is nothing to negociatre with joos.
before moving to philistine in 1920 natayahu parents change their surename from mileikowski,zionist re not semite.gam son canaan children are black chosen one jews.shem children are white none jew european.
of course ! but they have use so much white paint in the churches for to create a eternal white victim, and burn so many women alive, that they have difficulty to resemble a human being any more. they lie about where germans come from, its strange that they have not started to paint them.
if black jews can take back israel there wont be any war against neighbours.even black jesus will camedown and built new jerusalem and stay with all god fearing.
russian allies look what happens to the neo nazis friends