Over the weekend, joint U.S.-Israeli air and missile strikes began against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

These strikes have, thus far, inflicted grave damage, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and many other senior officials. Iran’s fourth-rate navy has been mostly sunk, too. Tehran’s already limited conventional military capacity has also been significantly eroded.

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