When analyzing the targets that have been hit the most in the ongoing Israeli air war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, it is obvious that the conflict is less about its stated mission of ending Iran’s nuclear weapons program and more about annihilating the regime.

Indeed, given how many senior regime leaders have been killed since the start of the air war last week, it should be obvious that the Israelis are far more interested in ending the regime than they are in ending the nuclear threat.

Understanding the True Targets of the Israeli Airstrikes 

The first thing to understand is that the Israeli airstrikes, while comprehensive and impressive, have not sufficiently destroyed all the nuclear weapons development sites. This is because Iran’s nuclear sites are dispersed throughout the country—and are inside hardened facilities deep underground. 

Israel lacks the bunker-busting bombs needed to get down deep to the nuclear sites in order to destroy them. The Israelis can damage these sites—and they have. Yet, the IAF

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