Israel’s strike on Iran shows it can evade Tehran’s air defences
Tehran | An Israeli air strike on Iran on Friday damaged an air defence system, according to Western and Iranian officials, in an attack calculated to deliver a message that Israel could bypass Iran’s defensive systems undetected and paralyse them.
The strike damaged a defensive battery near Natanz, a city in central Iran that is crucial to the country’s nuclear weapons program, according to two Western officials and two Iranian officials.
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