Iran Will Be No Pushover In A War With The United States And Israel

 

Infographic by the Institute For The Study of War.

As Alastair Crooke, a former senior British diplomat and MI6 officer, often reminds in the interviews he has recently conducted, Iran is a vast territory in which missile cities are widely dispersed. Missiles are fired from underground and not through mobile launchers. They operate autonomously and can endure even after the loss of command and control structures, something similar to the Soviet-invented "Dead Hand" system which ensures retaliatory nuclear missile strikes even if the top leadership is destroyed.

© Adeyinka Makinde (2026).

Adeyinka Makinde is a writer based in London, England.