Iran’s Air Defense Enters New Phase, Shifts Aerial Equation in 40-Day Ramadan War
The experience of the 12-day imposed war by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran pushed the country’s air defense into a new phase. Through changes in tactics, command structure and the method of employing systems, it altered the aerial equation in the 40-day war—known as the Ramadan War—in Iran’s favor and confronted the enemy with a serious surprise.
In this experience, the threats, weaknesses and tactics of the enemy were identified, and in the interval between the two wars the Iranian air-defense structure was reviewed.The change was not limited to a single missile or radar; the command-and-control network, training, tactics, deployment methods and the way systems were employed were all transformed.Modern air defense does not mean merely possessing more advanced systems. An important part of it is creating an equation in which the enemy pays a far higher cost for an attack than the cost of Iran’s defense—being able to engage a very expensive target with a cheaper weapon. This is what is referred to as the “economy of war.”In such a structure, a missile system does not operate alone; the detection and identification network, early warning, tracking, command and control, and ultimately the engagement system must work together.In the recent war it was repeatedly claimed that Iran’s air-defense network had been disabled and that enemy fighters could operate freely in Iranian skies, yet the battlefield told a different story.According to commanders, even after some systems were hit in the early days of the war, the replacement and rearrangement of equipment continued, and from approximately the 25th day onward the operational status of the air defense improved compared with the beginning of the war.
More importantly, air-defense firings continued until the last day of the war, and the air-defense network was still able to support the Islamic Republic of Iran’s missile and drone operations. This means that, contrary to the enemy’s claims, Iran’s air defense had not only not left the field but was able to continue its mission until the end of the war.One of the most important parts of this account is the hitting of advanced enemy fighters, including the F-15 and F-35. The F-35, because of its stealth technology and advanced systems, is considered one of the most important aerial assets of the United States and the Zionist regime; nevertheless, in the Ramadan War this fighter was also targeted.An important aspect of the war is the ability to produce and replace equipment. According to this account, more than 80 to 85 percent of Iran’s air-defense systems production capacity was not seriously damaged, and the process of production and delivery of equipment continued throughout the war.Iran’s air defense in the 40-day Ramadan War sought to draw on the experience of the previous war, change its structure, achieve greater endurance on the battlefield, and—most importantly—prevent the country’s skies from falling completely under enemy control.Therefore, according to many military experts, in modern warfare the winner is not necessarily the side that possesses more equipment, but the side that learns faster than the enemy and adapts more quickly to the battlefield.
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