Rising Lion, Midnight Hammer, and the Global Response

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.***IranOn June 13, Israel launched a major offensive against Iran using a combination of airpower and ground-based operatives. Operation Rising Lion struck a range of nuclear and military facilities, as well as the upper echelons of Iran’s military command and top nuclear experts. The United States joined in an offensive capacity just over a week later, hitting nuclear facilities at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordo as part of Operation Midnight Hammer. Iran responded to Israel with

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