Short version is that Iran attacked an based that was empty (which they probably knew) with not enough missiles to get through the defense (which the likely also knew). Proof that even dictatorships feel the need to play games for the masses, not just democracies.

Nothing new in this if you have had a chance to follow all the clips coming out of Israel, but if you have not had the time, this has a lot of most spectacular ones all gathered in one place.