00:28The
00:33Tensions between the United States and Iran are once again rising.
00:39Iranian President Masoud Pazeshkian says nuclear talks with Washington are showing encouraging
00:45signals.
00:46But at the same time, Tehran warns it is prepared for any scenario.
00:52The warning comes as the United States boosts its military presence in the Gulf and President
00:58Donald Trump signals that really bad things could happen if negotiations collapse.
01:05They cannot continue to threaten the stability of the entire region and they must make a deal.
01:12Or if that doesn't happen, I maybe can understand if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen.
01:17But bad things will happen.
01:21Behind the diplomacy lies a stark military reality.
01:25If a conflict erupts, Iranian ballistic missiles could reach Israel in less than 8 minutes.
01:33And that short flight time could define the first moments of any regional war.
01:41The distance between western Iran and Tel Aviv is roughly 1300 to 1600 kilometers.
01:48For modern ballistic missiles, that's not far.
01:51Most Iranian medium-range ballistic missiles would take around 10 to 12 minutes to reach
01:58Israel.
01:59But newer systems, especially high-speed or maneuverable designs, could shorten that window
02:05to under 7 minutes.
02:07In military terms, that's barely enough time for detection, tracking, interception, and civilian
02:14warning systems.
02:15For comparison, cruise missiles take hours.
02:19Drones can take half a day.
02:21Ballistic missiles are different.
02:23They strike fast, and they strike hard.
02:26They keep repeating this empty boast to Israel.
02:31We've dispatched a warship towards Iran.
02:33Oh, what a mighty force.
02:36A warship, of course, is a dangerous piece of machinery.
02:40But what's far more dangerous than any warship is the kind of weapon that has the capability
02:47to send this very warship to the bottom of the ocean.
02:54Iran has built the largest ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East.
02:59Many launch sites are hidden in underground missile cities carved into mountains.
03:04Others are mobile, designed to fire and relocate before being detected.
03:09Iran caps most missile ranges at around 2,000 kilometers, just enough to cover Israel and U.S. bases
03:17across the region.
03:19And while Israeli air defenses intercept many incoming threats, even a few successful strikes
03:26can have strategic impact.
03:28So which missiles matter most?
03:31Let's break down the top five systems capable of reaching Israel quickly.
03:39The Qoramshar-4 is one of Iran's heaviest hitters.
03:43Designed for high-impact strikes, it can carry massive payloads and reach Israel from deep
03:49inside Iranian territory.
03:56Iran's most controversial missile is the Fatah-1.
04:00Iran claims it can evade missile defenses using hypersonic speeds and maneuvering reentry paths,
04:07though analysts debate how advanced it really is.
04:13The Sejil represents Iran's shift to solid-fuel missiles.
04:18Because it doesn't require fueling before launch, it can fire quickly, making preemptive
04:24strikes much harder.
04:28The Kaibar Shekhan is part of Iran's newer generation of precision missiles.
04:34Its ability to zigzag through the atmosphere complicates tracking and interception.
04:43The EMOD is an upgraded version of the Shahab-3.
04:47Unlike older ballistic missiles, it's designed to hit specific targets, not just cities.
04:56During missile exchanges in 2024 and 2025, ballistic missiles launched toward Israel arrived within
05:04roughly that predicted window, often under 12 minutes.
05:09Most were intercepted by Israel's multi-layered defenses- Arrow, David Sling, Iron Dome, and
05:16U.S. support systems.
05:18But some did get through.
05:20And in modern warfare, even a handful of successful strikes can reshape the battlefield and the
05:27politics that follow.
05:31As nuclear negotiations continue, the shadow of missile warfare hangs over the region.
05:37Because diplomacy may move slowly, but ballistic missiles do not.
05:42And in a future crisis, the difference between peace and escalation could be measured not in
05:49days or hours, but in minutes.
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