Iran's 'Mosaic Defence' Performance Against IDF Air Campaign: Decapitation or Adaptation?

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Iran's 'Mosaic Defence' Adapts to IDF Air Campaign: Decapitation or Resilience?

A plume of smoke ascends after a military strike in Tehran. (Representational image/AFP)

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News18•20-03-2026, 23:40

Iran's 'Mosaic Defence' Adapts to IDF Air Campaign: Decapitation or Resilience?

•IDF's "decapitation strikes" target Iranian leadership, causing operational shock but not structural collapse.
•Iran's "Mosaic Defence" doctrine decentralizes authority, allowing adaptation to leadership losses and air superiority.
•IRGC personnel abandon headquarters for improvised facilities, a pragmatic adaptation to reduce visibility.
•IDF destroys 85% of Iran's SAM inventory, but remaining 15% and MANPADS still pose a lethal threat.
•Strikes on Caspian Sea ports disrupt maritime supply lines, potentially pushing trade to harder-to-monitor land routes.

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