Seeing The Comparison Between Iran And Israel's Military Forces, Who Is Tougher?

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YOGYAKARTA Iran attacks Israel by launching hundreds of missiles into Israel on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The reason is to avenge the deaths of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Leader, and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Brigadier General Abbas Nilforousahan. This attack comes hours after Israel announced a land invasion operation in Lebanon. As a result, the Iran and Israel conflict is heating up and potentially leading to direct confrontation. So, what is the comparison of the military forces of Iran and Israel like? Let's find out the answer in the following reviews.

A comparison of the military forces of Iran and Israel can be seen through the number of soldiers, land and air defense equipment, to the air defense system.

Compiled from various sources, the following is a comparison of the military forces of Iran and Israel that you need to know:

Iran has 610,000 active soldiers, including the army, sea and air, Revolutionary Guards, and personnel in the air defense. In addition, Iran also has 350,000 army reserve soldiers, driven from the Al Jazeera website.

Meanwhile, Iran has 169,500 active soldiers, including the army, navy, and air force. However, the number of Israeli reserve personnel reached 465,000 personnel.

In terms of defense equipment, Iran's army forces were strengthened with 10,513 combat tanks, 6,798 artillery weapons, 640 armored private transport vehicles, 50 helicopters, and the Revolutionary Guard had 5 helicopters.

The Israeli army has around 400 combat tanks, 530 artillery gunships, and more than 1,190 private carriers.

The Iranian Navy has 17 tactical submarines, 68 patrols and coastal bridges, 7 corvettes, 12 landing crafts, 11 landing vessels, 18 logistics and supporting equipment.

On the other hand, the Israeli navy was only strengthened by 5 submarines and 49 patrols and coastal combat patrols.

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (ISS), Iran currently only has dozens of fighter jets that are still functioning. Most of the fighters they have are mostly the legacy of the United States and Russia. Some of the fighter jets currently owned by Iran, namely F-4, F-5, Sukhoi-24, and a number of MIG-29, F7, and F14 aircraft.

Even so, the Iranian air force has thousands of drones that are used to attack the enemy by air, and 3,500 surface-to-air missiles.

While the Israeli air force has hundreds of advanced fighter jets supplied from the United States. Some of them include F-15, F-16, and F-35.

Adapted from Defense Security Asia, Iran has an air defense system called Zoubin, which can effectively repel drones to cruise missiles entering the country.

Meanwhile, Israel's air defenses rely on the Iron Dome system, which is believed to have intercepted part of Iran's murals in the October 1 attack.

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