RUSI “狮子的力量”：第一个72小时

2025/6/17 11:08Operation Rising Lion:The First 72 Hours|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/operation-rising-lion-first-72-hours1/16COMMENTARYOperation Rising Lion:The First 72 HoursDarya Dolzikova and Matthew Savill16 June 2025Long ReadOperation Rising Lion has demonstrated the vast conventionalsuperiority that Israel enjoys over Iran,highlighting theimportance of intelligence,surprise and e?ective air andmissile defence.But for now,the impact on Irans nuclearprogramme is more uncertain.When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that OperationRising Lion had begun in the early hours of 13 June,he was declaring war andputting into action Israeli military planning years in the making to launch thelargest attack on Iran since the 1980-89 Iran-Iraq War.In an operation that is reported to be planned to last week,these are the earlymoments.Much is unclear,but some early deductions can be drawn from the?rst 72 hours of exchanges between Israel and Iran.Ambitious and Sweeping OperationsThe size of the operation dwarfs any previously attempted,with the?rst 24hours reportedly involving over 200 combat aircra?striking