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Source: https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran/article/iran-israel-us-strikes-war-kpqw5pjdt
The View from Israel on Iran: "If the U.S. Asks, We Will Answer"
(The Times-UK) Gabrielle Weiniger - Dan Diker, who has authored books on Iran's race for regional supremacy and who heads the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, said: "Israel faces an existential threat by the Iranian regime's ballistic missile program, which is understood to include up to 2,000 missiles currently with a ramped-up production rate." "The current Iranian ballistic missile threat can potentially overwhelm Israel's anti-missile defense systems. Therefore, if Israel senses that there is an imminent ballistic attack it's reasonable to assume [with] the way Israel acted in June 2025 that it will again neutralize the Iranian regime ballistic missile threat, whether it takes the lead or it follows the U.S. lead or works in tandem." Diker said that Israel and the U.S., as well as its regional allies, had "substantially" upgraded their anti-missile defense systems since last year. "The Iranian regime retains a very substantial arsenal of short and medium-range missiles and killer drones that they have made no qualms of firing," Diker added.