Air Power Breaks Iran’s Infrastructure, War Persists
The piece argues that the U.S.-Israeli air campaign has quickly degraded Iran’s military infrastructure by targeting fixed facilities and production nodes, yet Iran remains capable of retaliation and adaptation. The war has not ended; mobile launchers disperse, command structures bend, and lower-end, improvised systems fill gaps, making definitive victory elusive. The campaign appears to follow a model of coercion without occupation—sustain pressure from afar while avoiding ground control—an approach that may be sustainable and effective in a narrow sense, but it is not the kind of decisive victory many Americans once expected.
