Two new operations have revved up Israel’s shadow war on Iran; striking at its nuclear/ballistic program as well as smashing its corridor through Iraq for arming proxy Shiite militias in Syria.
The first occurred on Saturday, Jan 28, when an estimated three quadcopters with bomblets (see photo) smashed into “an advanced weapons plant” in Isfahan, demonstrating the deep and detailed penetration Israel’s intelligence has achieved for sabotaging Iran’s developing nuclear and missile programs. These quadcopters have been used before. In June 2021, they were deployed to hit a centrifuge factory in Karaj outside Tehran and once again in February 2022 to attack a drone-manufacturing plant in Kermanshah.
Since the maximum range of these four-engined armed drones is no more than about 2km, the Mossad must obviously enlist local teams for arming and wielding them. The availability of local helpers for Mossad sabotage operations was hinted at in Jan. 2018 by Yossie Cohen, then director...