There’s so much news going on that I’m intentionally not keeping up with all the headlines. You’ve become one of my few main sources for the time being. So pardon my basic ignorance of all things that just about everyone else already knows.
That said, can I ask whether this strategy was also successful is minimizing civilian casualties, what Hollywood likes to refer to as “collateral damage”? It seems like it should have enabled greater focus with less margin for error. I’m sure it wasn’t perfect, but what type of damage was done to the Iranian civilian population compared to expectations based on the “traditional” attack had they not used this method?
239 Iranian civilians killed so far which isn't low, but it could be FAR higher. Israel is trying to effect a regime change, so they are very intentionally trying to minimize civilian losses. This specific method did limit civilian casualties because Israel was able to take out SEAD capabilities early, meaning no long-range overkill missiles.
In summary, Israel was 100% able to prevent civilian losses significantly and focus their munitions on Generals, bases, and weapons entirely. Civilians have died (on both sides,) but where Iran is targeting civilian buildings, Israel is targeting bases and military infrastructure.
The attack was so similar to the recent Ukrainian attack on Russia it makes you wonder if they worked on them together.
There’s so much news going on that I’m intentionally not keeping up with all the headlines. You’ve become one of my few main sources for the time being. So pardon my basic ignorance of all things that just about everyone else already knows.
That said, can I ask whether this strategy was also successful is minimizing civilian casualties, what Hollywood likes to refer to as “collateral damage”? It seems like it should have enabled greater focus with less margin for error. I’m sure it wasn’t perfect, but what type of damage was done to the Iranian civilian population compared to expectations based on the “traditional” attack had they not used this method?
239 Iranian civilians killed so far which isn't low, but it could be FAR higher. Israel is trying to effect a regime change, so they are very intentionally trying to minimize civilian losses. This specific method did limit civilian casualties because Israel was able to take out SEAD capabilities early, meaning no long-range overkill missiles.
In summary, Israel was 100% able to prevent civilian losses significantly and focus their munitions on Generals, bases, and weapons entirely. Civilians have died (on both sides,) but where Iran is targeting civilian buildings, Israel is targeting bases and military infrastructure.