Benham Ben-Taliblu

And you've seen in history over the past 40, 50 years, where there have been a whole host of operations involving the Israeli air force, not just in counter-proliferation ways, but other ways where they've really confounded expectations that do exist in the open source about what they can and cannot do.

And so, layering all of this on together, I think, yeah, this is a snapshot, but a snapshot of a story we've seen over time, which is there are always folks in various administrations, left and right, that always tend to leak to press sources. There's always people within the civil service bureaucracy who benefit from those leaks.

And so, layering all of this on together, I think, yeah, this is a snapshot, but a snapshot of a story we've seen over time, which is there are always folks in various administrations, left and right, that always tend to leak to press sources. There's always people within the civil service bureaucracy who benefit from those leaks.

And so, layering all of this on together, I think, yeah, this is a snapshot, but a snapshot of a story we've seen over time, which is there are always folks in various administrations, left and right, that always tend to leak to press sources. There's always people within the civil service bureaucracy who benefit from those leaks.

But as to this specific topic, yeah, the Israelis have always been training and probably will always continue to train so long as there is Islamic Republic of Iran that is interested in getting a nuclear weapon.

But as to this specific topic, yeah, the Israelis have always been training and probably will always continue to train so long as there is Islamic Republic of Iran that is interested in getting a nuclear weapon.

But as to this specific topic, yeah, the Israelis have always been training and probably will always continue to train so long as there is Islamic Republic of Iran that is interested in getting a nuclear weapon.

Well, I think if you're going off of 2024, which was a historic year for the Israeli-Iran rivalry, both in terms of what the regime launched, as well as how and where and using what ordinances the Israelis responded, I think A, that thing I said before about the Israelis being able to pound expectations and having certain assets in reserve holds true.

Well, I think if you're going off of 2024, which was a historic year for the Israeli-Iran rivalry, both in terms of what the regime launched, as well as how and where and using what ordinances the Israelis responded, I think A, that thing I said before about the Israelis being able to pound expectations and having certain assets in reserve holds true.

Well, I think if you're going off of 2024, which was a historic year for the Israeli-Iran rivalry, both in terms of what the regime launched, as well as how and where and using what ordinances the Israelis responded, I think A, that thing I said before about the Israelis being able to pound expectations and having certain assets in reserve holds true.

But if I had to do kind of the open source macro assessment, I think today in 2025, the Israelis can destroy any above ground facility in the Islamic Republic of Iran today on their own. An above ground facility could be a political entity, it could be a military base, it could be a production facility for drones or missiles, it could be a radar installation, it could even be an above ground

But if I had to do kind of the open source macro assessment, I think today in 2025, the Israelis can destroy any above ground facility in the Islamic Republic of Iran today on their own. An above ground facility could be a political entity, it could be a military base, it could be a production facility for drones or missiles, it could be a radar installation, it could even be an above ground

But if I had to do kind of the open source macro assessment, I think today in 2025, the Israelis can destroy any above ground facility in the Islamic Republic of Iran today on their own. An above ground facility could be a political entity, it could be a military base, it could be a production facility for drones or missiles, it could be a radar installation, it could even be an above ground

reactor or nuclear storage facility. What they cannot destroy is two or three facilities, one of the facilities being underground at Natanz, one of the other facilities being much, much more deeper underground at Fordow, and the third facility being constructed on the outskirts of Natanz at Kuhikwalang or Pickaxe Mountain, which the Iranians say will be a centrifuge production.

reactor or nuclear storage facility. What they cannot destroy is two or three facilities, one of the facilities being underground at Natanz, one of the other facilities being much, much more deeper underground at Fordow, and the third facility being constructed on the outskirts of Natanz at Kuhikwalang or Pickaxe Mountain, which the Iranians say will be a centrifuge production.

reactor or nuclear storage facility. What they cannot destroy is two or three facilities, one of the facilities being underground at Natanz, one of the other facilities being much, much more deeper underground at Fordow, and the third facility being constructed on the outskirts of Natanz at Kuhikwalang or Pickaxe Mountain, which the Iranians say will be a centrifuge production.

site in the future, but heaven forbid it becomes an enrichment site in the future. Those are things that without, I think, the heavy bombers that countries like the United States of America has, without some of the munitions that you can drop, those GBUs, I forget which number 38 or 57, the massive ordnance penetrator, as well as some of the other heavier conventional bombs like the U.S.

site in the future, but heaven forbid it becomes an enrichment site in the future. Those are things that without, I think, the heavy bombers that countries like the United States of America has, without some of the munitions that you can drop, those GBUs, I forget which number 38 or 57, the massive ordnance penetrator, as well as some of the other heavier conventional bombs like the U.S.

site in the future, but heaven forbid it becomes an enrichment site in the future. Those are things that without, I think, the heavy bombers that countries like the United States of America has, without some of the munitions that you can drop, those GBUs, I forget which number 38 or 57, the massive ordnance penetrator, as well as some of the other heavier conventional bombs like the U.S.

has dropped in Afghanistan. I'm thinking the Moab of 2017. Without those that can really explode and tunnel and penetrate much, much deeper than the, you know, 500-pound or 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs that you've seen the Israelis use to the north and south against Hezbollah and against Hamas, you will need America.