China boasts a massive, ever-expanding missile force that could make war in the Pacific devastating for the US and its allies.

The US and its allies are working to shape Israel’s reaction to Iran after Tehran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at the country on Tuesday. Meanwhile the Israel Defense Forces is intensifying its campaign against Hezboallah after a series of devastating attacks in Lebanon over the past month that wiped out much of the Iran-backed militant group top ranks.

We really need to expect the worst,” Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, tells Eleni Giokos about Israel’s possible retaliation to Iran’s missile barrage.