Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
Getting back to Iran, I have an idea that the IRGC is going to have in input into whomever is put into the leadership seat...for as long as the war goes on.
There were some very good articles published in the last year about the Iranian succession process, as Ayatollah Khamenei began to show signs of slowing down and declining health. Given that there have only been two since the founding of the Islamic Republic, Khomeini and Khamenei, they may adapt and adjust how they do all of this. I doubt taking advice from Washington figures into any of that.
The latest is that rather than a single leater of Iran, it's now up to 31 separate regional commanders
What is 'decentralised mosaic defence'?
It refers to a doctrine developed by Iran over the last two decades, particularly within the IRGC.
The idea is rather simple: It disperses command structures, weapons systems, and operational units across vast geographic and organisational nodes.
Iran is about 4.1 times larger than California. With a total land area of about 1.65 million km2, Iran's size is comparable to the US state of Alaska.
Rather than concentrating power in a single headquarters vulnerable to precision strikes, the Iran's DMD strategy is one that empowers regional commanders to operate autonomously if communications with Tehran are disrupted.
The legand of Hydra comes to mind.