Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranSince the United States and Israel launched joint military strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, their targeting has worked through a lengthy list of senior Iranian officials (including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei), missile facilities, naval assets, and sites associated with regime security forces. Tehran’s defenses are porous — last June, Israeli aircraft were largely unchallenged over nearly two weeks of sorties, and the trio of U.S. warplanes hit by friendly fire thus far are threeThe post The Adversarial: War in Iran Shapes Adversaries’ Calculations appeared first on War on the Rocks.