Here is a look at both countries' air forces and aerial defense systems
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The Israeli military said it had completed the strikes and achieved its objectives, warning Iran not to respond, while a semi-official Iranian news agency vowed a “proportional reaction” to the Israeli action.The Iranian air force has 37,000 personnel but decades of international sanctions have largely cut off Iran from the latest high-tech military equipment, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London .
Iran also has pilotless planes designed to fly into targets and explode. Analysts estimate its drone arsenal to be in the low thousands. Further, they say, Iran has more than 3,500 surface-to-surface missiles, some of which carry half-ton warheads. The number capable of reaching Israel may be lower, however.
Iran received deliveries of the S-300 anti-aircraft system from Russia in 2016 – long-range surface-to-air missiles capable of engaging multiple targets simultaneously, including aircraft and ballistic missiles. The Israeli air force demonstrated its ability to hit long range targets in July when its fighter jets struck areas near Yemen’s Hodeidah port in retaliation for a Houthi drone strike in Tel Aviv.
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