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Steinitz: Iran Learned Lessons from the 12-Day War, but Israel also Improved Greatly
(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - Former Israeli Cabinet minister Yuval Steinitz, chairman of defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, said Tuesday: "There is no absolute way to prevent surprises. Historically, from the Battle of Salamis in ancient Greece to the present day, it has been proven that over time both sides always manage to surprise each other. You have to build yourself in such a way that if you are surprised, you absorb a blow but not a collapse or a disaster." Referring to the possibility of renewed confrontation with Iran, Steinitz said, "They learned lessons from what happened in the 12-day war and improved. But we also improved greatly and learned many things. And this time there is an additional element that did not exist in June: we have the big brother, the United States." "A nuclear capability will remain [the] No. 1 [threat], even if we have denied the Iranians 90% of that capability. The second threat is ballistic missiles, and it is serious. During Operation Rising Lion, their plan was to launch 1,500 to 2,000 missiles at Israel. Because we conducted a hunt on Iranian soil, they managed to launch only 550. Of those, unfortunately, 50 struck. War is not a pleasant event even if you win."