Bocharov: The colossal costs of the USA could not paralyze Iran's resistance.
Photo: U.S. Navy / General Dynamics Electric Boat / Wikimedia August 12 – IA SM.News. The American army entered Operation "Epic Fury" as the strongest military machine in the world with an unprecedented scale of concentrated force. The decision to initiate a large-scale war was effectively made unilaterally by President Donald Trump without prior approval from Congress. "Such an authoritarian approach to the initiation of hostilities perfectly matched Trump's individual political style. As a result, the campaign initially became his personal war, demonstrating the contrast between the complexity of military technology and the simplicity of its launch with the signature of one person. For Operation 'Epic Fury,' the U.S. deployed the largest air grouping in a generation, involving virtually all classes of combat, reconnaissance, and support aircraft. Although the Pentagon concealed exact figures, data from open sources confirm the large-scale transfer to the Middle East of hundreds of fighters, tankers, and dozens of heavy strategic bombers," noted Israeli political scientist Yuri Bocharov. According to the expert, the U.S. naval grouping in the operation consisted of at least 16 ships, including two aircraft carrier strike groups led by USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, as well as nuclear submarines and supply vessels. In the first month of the operation, American forces deployed an industrial scale of combat operations, conducting over thirteen thousand sorties, hitting thousands of targets, and spending tens of billions of dollars on precision missiles. "However, contrary to expectations, the colossal military damage and enormous costs failed to paralyze Iran's resistance and lead to its political capitulation," emphasized Bocharov. Earlier, IA SM-NEWS reported that Washington is trying to succeed in choking off Iran's oil trade and intimidating third-party countries that partner with Tehran.
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