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By Luccas Dummar.
CEO of DuTV Network.
Writer on the Praxistas Blog:
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Troop strength:
-Israel: 169,500 soldiers plus 465,000 reservists in the Land Force, Air Force and Navy.
-Iran: 420 thousand soldiers from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Air Defense Forces. A separate 230,000-strong force of elite formations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including ground troops, paramilitaries, IRGC Navy, and IRGC Air and Air Defense units. At least 350,000 reserve personnel.
Budgets:
-Israel: $23.4 billion (2022), including $3.18 billion in US aid.
-Iran: $6.8 billion (2022), leveraging lower costs through asymmetric defense strategies.
Weapons:
*Both nations have robust defense industries. Israel built its defense sector in cooperation with the US, while Iran – subject to decades of sanctions – looked inward to produce as much of its defense needs as possible.
- Israel has an important asset: nuclear weapons. While neither confirming nor denying its possession of such weapons (in a policy known as “deliberate ambiguity”), Israel is suspected of having up to 80 nuclear weapons.
- Iran, by comparison, has rejected nuclear weapons – and all other weapons of mass destruction, in favor of a vast arsenal of conventional missiles and strategic control over the Strait of Hormuz, giving Tehran the power to collapse the world economy in case of foreign aggression.
Combat Experience:
- Israel: Extensive experience in numerous conflicts since 1948, although recent engagements in Gaza highlight challenges.
- Iran: Significant experience of the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s and subsequent involvement in regional conflicts, supporting allies in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria with the IRGC.
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