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Ep 261: Behnam Ben Taleblu on the (Next!) Iran-Israel War

School of War · Dec 30, 2025 · 42:14

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Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director (Iran Program) and Senior Fellow at FDD, joins the show to talk about how Iran has worked to reconstitute its missile program since the summer, and what the U.S. and Israel might do to stop it.

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Times

01:43 Vessel Seizure 

05:45 Making a Ballistic Missile 

13:06 What Modern War Looks Like

17:19 Iran’s Missile Program

21:42 Evolving Assessment

26:24 Relevance for U.S. Defense Planning

30:00 Disconnected Victories  

35:04 Lessons from the 10/07 War

39:31 Bad Choices for Iran



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