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Honestly, I'm also worried about the huge population of illegal Afghan immigrants in Iran. About 5K people illegally cross the border every day and nearly all of them are illegal and undocumented. The Afghan crisis can end up pretty bad for the entire region.

What has caused this? How did it spiral into this?

I remember I read comments like this just a few months ago on PDF: "When I went to Turkey, you have no idea how Turks were hospitable to us. When I told them I was from Pakistan, tears of joy formed in their eyes from happiness and we felt nothing but strong brotherly love between our nations...

Iran's doctrine is out of necessity. We can't build a powerful air force, so we have to rely on our missiles. Our case is a perfect example of the law of the instrument. The US has exceled in both fields (jet fighters and missiles) and it has chosen the former for obvious reasons.

Exactly. If the war gets prolonged, it will become increasingly more difficult for us without a reliable air force.

What about strategic bombers? Can you guarantee that Iran will never need them in the next 30 years? The US has over 700+ B-52 bombers and I cannot imagine Iran building even a single one without foreign help in the next 3 decades. The US will continue to operate its B-52 fleet until 2050...

LOLs at the bold part. Off the top of my head, check these systems for short/medium range: Khordad-15 Khordad-3 Raad 1 & 2 Ya Zahra Mersad Zoubin There are many more systems. And then you should check our radars too, including OTH radars that cover the entire MENA and Eastern Europe. Check the...

Yes, I don't disagree with that as a statement which is true about future. But the problem is how much armaments a UCAV can carry as of today and how it can perform in a dog fight. Other than that, there's no doubt that future belongs to unmanned systems.