The Weapons Defining the Iran Conflict

About this episode

The episode discusses the weapons that have defined the ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran.

For more than a week, the United States and Israel have struck a wide range of targets in Iran with air and missile strikes. Iran’s response has included missile and drone attacks against targets in neighboring states in the Middle East—both US military and diplomatic facilities and public sites including Dubai’s airport. What weapons, on both sides of the conflict, have defined the conflict so far? To explore that question, John Amble is joined on this special bonus episode by Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The MWI Podcast is produced with the generous support of the West Point Class of 1974.

People in this episode

Host: John Amble

Guest: Tom Karako

Topics covered

• Iran conflict
• military strategy
• missile defense
• drone warfare
• US-Israel relations

Keywords

• Iran
• missile strikes
• drone attacks
• US military
• Middle East

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Modern War Institute

Places: Iran, United States, Israel, Middle East, Dubai

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