Iran vows to blow up Israel's Dimona first if war breaks out
After striking a mockup model of the Israeli nuclear facility with ballistic missiles in a recent war game, Iran said the site will be a prime target in any potential war with Israel.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri said Israel's key Dimona nuclear facility will be "a prime target" should a war break out between the two archenemies.
According to Bagheri, to conduct such an attack at the heart of Israel's Negev Desert, Iran possesses the knowhow and technology to use "multiple routes" and firing options to nullify Israel's advanced anti-missile system, known as the Iron Dome.
Bagheri's comments on the "reciprocal" strike were aired from the hard-line state TV Dec. 28, two days after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) wrapped up a series of large-scale military maneuvers culminating in multiple strikes on a mockup site. IRGC-linked media earlier reported that the operation involved 16 missiles and five suicide drones that precisely impacted the Israeli "center for the development of weapons of mass destruction."
"It was not a show per se," Bagheri said in reference to the mock attack. "It was a complete simulation of reality … [in which] the site will be entirely blown up."
