Iran changed its military strategy in response to Israeli’s Operation Rising Lion launched on 13 June 2025. Now Iran is achieving success in Israel’s strong air defense system, Iron Dome. This strategy first attacked with normal missiles. Then from the rear from hypersonic missiles.
Iran’s new strategy: Attack in two phases
Iran has adopted a clever strategy against Israel, which takes advantage of the boundaries of iron dome. This strategy works in two stages …
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First stage: heavy attack from normal missiles
Iran first stains hundreds of common ballistic missiles and drones towards Israel. These include …
Fatah-110: Range 300 km, accuracy medium.
Shahab-3: Range 1300 km, old but large numbers available.
Casem missiles: Range up to 2000 km, with large payload.
These missiles can be made cheap and easily, so that Iran can use them in large quantities.
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The purpose of this heavy attack is to “saturated” the iron dome. Iron dome can only stop limited missiles at a time. When hundreds of missiles come together, this system gets confused. It fails to stop everyone. This led to some missiles to Israeli cities like Tel Aviv and Haifa, where there was minor damage.
Second phase: Deadly attack of hypersonic missiles
The first attack, after busting the Iron Dome, Iran uses hypersonic missiles from behind. These include …
Fatah hypersonic missile: Range 1400 km, speed was 5-7 (5-7 times faster than sound speed), which was introduced by Iran in 2024.
Khyber Sheken: Range 1450 km, speed Mach 8, which was recently developed.
Hypersonic missiles are very fast. The way of their flight is irregular, which makes them difficult to track. The iron dome, designed to prevent small and medium -distance missiles, is not effective against these sharp and dodging missiles.
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Iron dome boundaries
Iron Dome is a major part of Israeli’s air defense, which prevents small distances (4-70 km) rockets and missiles. This system can target only 10-20 missiles at a time. When Iran leaves hundreds of missiles together, the capacity of iron dome is overloaded.
Other than this…
- Hypersonic speed: Iron Dome’s interceptor missiles are unable to catch hipersonic speed missiles.
- Big payload: Some Iran’s missiles can carry heavy explosives, which are challenges for Iron Dome.
- Number pressure: A large number of missiles end the battery of iron dome quickly, which does not protect.
Iran’s influence of this strategy
This dual strategy of Iran has become a new challenge for Israel …
Loss: As of 16 June 2025, 14 people were killed in Israel and several buildings were damaged in Iran’s attacks. A missile in Tel Aviv damaged the residential area.
Changes in defense: Israel has activated David Sling and Arrow System with Iron Dome, but has not yet found any concrete solution against hypersonic missiles.
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Regional Tension: With this move of Iran, Iran -backed factions in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen have also intensified attacks on Israel.
International concern: America and European countries have appealed to both countries to reduce tension, but no concrete steps have been taken so far.
Iran’s weaknesses and challenges
Although this strategy of Iran has been effective, it also has its own weaknesses …
- Missile Stock Lower: Iran’s missile reserves are decreasing due to continuous attacks.
- Lack of air defense: Israeli’s F-35 jets and drones have destroyed many of Iran’s launchers.
- International Pressure: Iran is expected to increase the ban from the United Nations. It can affect its economy.
Israel’s response
Israel described Iran’s attacks as “unacceptable” and promised that it will retaliate. The Israeli Army (IDF) said it is developing new technology to deal with hypersonic missiles. Also, the US has promised to provide THAAD system and additional military assistance to Israel.