Global Air Defence systems vs Nuclear attack: In the recent few decades, India and other nations have been continuously developing missile defense systems aimed at intercepting most powerful weapons including nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.
However, we all know that these systems face significant limitations like the recent terrible failure of China’s HQ9 Air Defence System seen during India’s ant-terror operation against Pakistan. One more question that arises is that can missile air defense systems stop nuclear weapons? Scroll down to get all your answers.
Air Defence systems vs Nuclear attack!
We all know that world’s most powerful countries like the U.S., Russia, Israel, and India possess advanced defenses such as the THAAD, Israel’s Arrow-3 and Iron Dome, and India’s Akash Missile system and S-400 missile defence system receptively but can they defend a nuclear attack?
As per media reports, intercepting nuclear warheads is technically challenging and expensive and even a high-performing system like the US THAAD or S-400 missile defence system has had several failures, pointing to inherent vulnerabilities and they may not succeed in stopping nuclear weapons.
Iran strikes Israeli intelligence sites in Tel Aviv
In a significant development in the Iran-Israel war, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out strikes on “key Israeli intelligence sites” in Tel Aviv, including military intelligence and Mossad facilities, while the Israeli Air Force said it launched a new wave of airstrikes in western Iran, as per a report by IANS news agency.
The IRGC said its Aerospace Force conducted an “effective operation” in the early hours, penetrating Israel’s “highly advanced air defence systems”, according to Iranian state media. The elite force claimed the strikes specifically targeted the Israeli army’s Aman headquarters and a facility used for planning “assassination operations attributed to the Mossad”.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that Iran killed “a significant number” of officers and commanders in its strikes on Mossad and military intelligence centres.