How did Israel overcame Iran’s air defense to attack and kill authorities?

Members of Iran’s military forces question fragility of the defense system itself. In private text messages shared with The New York Times last Friday, some Iranian officers asked each other angrily: “Where is our air defense?” And “How can Israel come and attack whatever you want, kill our main commanders, and are we unable to prevent it?”

Despite saying that he has control of Iranian skies, Israel has no full freedom of operation in Iran. Iranian authorities claimed to have slaughtered Israeli drones in the last days. This is because some of Iran’s air defense systems remain intact, requiring Israeli pilots to sail carefully mapped aerial corridors, according to an Israeli defense authority, which spoke on anonymity to The New York Times.

Israel’s multicamed defense maintains retaliatory attacks under control. Despite maintaining air superiority, Israel continues to face Iran’s ballistic missile attacks. Many of them were intercepted, but some hit Tel Aviv and other cities. Merging different attacking fronts, Iran causes overload on Israel’s air defense systems.

Iran has a wide range of options to attack Israel through the sky. Heavy ballistic missiles, for example, fly at speeds often higher than the sound and can, within minutes, leave the Iranian territory and reach Israel. Cruise and drone missiles are also part of the artifacts released by Iran, flying low and being difficult to detect. In this scenario, the Israeli forces have a “small window” to detect, evaluate and respond to imminent threats, told Long War Journal analyst to The New York Times.