Ok, wow. I am surprised at the lack of reality you have. Let's correct what's mistaken in the above post. Let me ask you, I am sure you are a smart guy, do you REALLY think that Iran has or had or will in the next 10 years have enough force to even consider a direct confrontation with the Israelis and / or the Americans? I want you to read my statement three times and respond back with honesty. I am sure you have some. Blind patriotism causes a LOT of misconceptions and your post is a prime example.
You honestly think that the US and the Israel didn't attack Iran because of her so called military power and air defense? If the US Navy and the military wanted to, based on the recent history in your neighborhood, I think they'd achieve a No Fly Zone over Iran within the first 24 hours of initiating combat. Will there be a risk of casualties due to your air defense? Sure, some, not many due to the fact that know what to take out, when, how, etc. Most of your air defense is based on Russian technologies and TRUST me (or take a look at Iraq for example), we know how to turn them radars into rubble in no time.
The reason why Iran didn't get attacked was due to your neighbors. Yes, the Saudis, the UAE, etc, etc plus the Straight of Hormuz. These guys didn't want to engage in another war that would be lengthier and on their doorsteps and will impact the trade for a while as ships will be threatened. Now if risking civilian cargo ships is all you've got to showcase your midget submarines and little air force...than that's VERY brave of you. Keep scaring civilian ships as a bargaining chip. Very force projecting it sure is.
The US and Israel from a strategic standpoint wouldn't have any objective to really land attack Iran. That wouldn't serve the purpose. But they'd carpet bomb your military installations and be done. Anything beyond that from Iran would mean eliminating its air defense and the air force to rubble and whatever comes in the way.
That would be their objectives if I was creating an attack strategy on Iran. But the real issue would be when Iran goes nuts and attacks the Saudis and the UAE's (the Sunni area around her) and civilian ships from India, or China or Africa or from Europe. That's what stopped us.
Last but not least. Iranian fighter jets would RARELY be able to see a US plane in flight. Majority of these obsolete jets will become vapor-ware while parked along with their air defense radars. That's almost guaranteed as that's the first strategic object in today's warfare.
Recently, there was an event that was published in military reports. Two Iranian jets came WVR to a Global Hawk on a recon mission. Before they could fire a shot, an F-22 literally pulled up on their left wing from underneath (after flying directly underneath them for many miles and undetected. The pilot was checking out their weapons loads to see the new replica missile they were showcasing).
As the pilot pulled up on their left wing, he radioed them "you really ought to go home".... were the words echoed. That was it. The planes disengaged otherwise their airframes would probably disintegrate in the midair.
Rest assured, there will not be any "grave" consequences to this. You are allowed to keep running the fantasy mill. Just don't try to convert this into a reality as the truth is painful to feel, see and swallow at times.
I feel sorry for your brainwashed rhetoric, I do not blame you either, you zionist media machine blinds most Americans not only you, who seem to be projecting your fears and unbelief that Iran can sink your Aircraft carriers and best warships you have got in the Persian gulf and beyond. these are facts, they are showing them to you very often by testing very advanced missile systems.
Iranian generals have, on many occasions invited you to come fight or shut up, along with your proxy mosquito Israel, and you failed the invitations everytime, so either you are big mouths, scared or just because the 2 week long simulation in Florida in 2002 showed your generals that they had absolutely no chance of winning a war against Iran.
So the only thing left for you is to send some intercontinental ballistic missiles from the US itself or from nuclear submarines armed with nuclear warheads to defeat Iran(but those are meant for deterrence against nuclear armed countries), since no country in the region will assist you by providing you bases from where to lunch an attack that you can not sustain either, because those bases will be gone in a matter of seconds or minutes., and those countries will suffer more than the Americans watching it on CNN.
You can use the Diego Garcia airbase, but then your airplanes won't have the surprise effect it counts on and they will be downed before even reaching Iran.
Your navy ships will be sitting or moving ducks to the Iranian antiship missiles, torpedoes and mines.
Israel will be hit so hard, it will never be able to recover.
So, from where, do you want to attack Iran, let us say, just for an air campaign !?
These are the facts, not scenarios like yours, your generals and admirals know better how unsustainable the damage will be to the American forces to not want to engage in a war with Iran.
Another big plus for Iran, is its capability to close the strait of Hormuz at its own discretion, shocking the world economy, for political reasons and bombing all fuel supply pipelines to shock the American supply lines.
Your story about the encounter of an American F-22 and Iranian warplanes chasing the predator drone in the Persian gulf was dubbed by the media as an American fantasy movie. Some sources say the encounter was with some F-18s, some say it was f-15s and some f-22s !!! so everyone is asking the Americans to make up their mind about this fantasy movie.
And please do not get me wrong, since I like decent American people, not the outdated policies of the US government or what seems like one (Since I can see many, like the congress, the senate, the president office, the CIA, wall street, AIPAC and more, who are taking contradicting decisions based on their own agendas for the world and for the Americans too) , which most American people do not trust nowadays.
