What should be known about Iran's attack on the American radar base in Bahrain.
In attacking the US radar base in Bahrain, Iran showed once again that the gap between warning and action that some people thought existed is not necessarily real. Referring to an American military system after an attack on Sirik is a general announcement: aggression has a price, and it is possible that this cost will not be paid at the exact point that the initiator of the aggression expects. This is a message that needs to be taken seriously; Not as chants, but as part of the new reality of the square.
A country that repeatedly declares that the damage to its territory and its interests will not remain unanswered, if it cannot establish a connection between "threat" and "action" at the necessary moment, it will gradually lose the credibility of its deterrence. The last operation, in this context, is an attempt to maintain this link. Tehran has repeatedly warned in recent months that continued attacks and attacks on Iranian targets will widen the scope of the response.
The attack took place in a situation where the region entered a period of fragile peace after months of conflict. This situation may have created in the minds of some American decision makers the impression that the cost of limited attacks against targets inside Iran will decrease and Tehran will avoid a direct response to prevent the spread of the crisis.
The response to Sirik, at least at the level of the political and military message, is a response to this idea. The message is clear: the temporary suspension of the response does not mean an inability to respond. This is perhaps the most important aspect of the latest operation. The power of deterrence is not limited to the accumulation of weapons and equipment; An important part of it comes back to the other side's belief about the desire to use force.
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