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Israel striking Tehran directly with ‘stand-in’ munitions after gaining air superiority, Katz says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Israel Katz says the Israeli Air Force is striking Tehran with “stand-in” munitions, meaning those dropped directly over their targets.
“For the first time in Operation Roaring Lion, air force aircraft are operating in ‘stand-in’ over the skies of Tehran in a powerful strike against regime and repression targets,” Katz says.
Israeli strikes in Tehran in the past day had used stand-off weapons, which are launched from a distance and generally have smaller warheads.
The ability to launch stand-in bombs comes after the military says it established air superiority and “opened the way to Tehran.”
Katz says “continuous powerful strikes” will now take place in Tehran.
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