Iranian Newspaper Releases List of Israel Sites to Be Targeted

The Tehran Times published on Wednesday a front-page article with a map threatening Israel with missile attacks, The Jerusalem Post reported.

The article in the state-affiliated paper headlined "Just one wrong move!" stated that "an intensification of the Israeli military threats against Iran seems to suggest that the Zionist regime has forgotten that Iran is more than capable of hitting them from anywhere," adding it "doesn’t need to remind the illegitimate regime of Israel of Iran’s defense capabilities."

The article ended with a quote by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from 2013 that Tehran would "destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa" if Israel "makes a mistake" and carries out a military strike. The article also quoted Iranian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri that "at the strategic level we do not intend to strike anyone, but at the operational and tactical level we are ready for a decisive response and a quick and tough offensive against the enemy," The Times of Israel reported.

The threat comes as Israel and the United States prepare for a military option if negotiations in Vienna fail in their attempt to return to the Iranian nuclear deal. In addition, a large IDF drill mimicking a strike on Iran is reportedly planned for next year, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The threatening article also appeared after Ynet reported that Israel's alleged strike on Syrian chemical weapons sites half a year ago was a "direct message" to its enemies.

Every Israeli pub should report/list the home addresses of each and every Iranian political and religious leader with even the slightest responsibility for this Iranian threat (e.g., ignore bureaucratic drones who just pass the paper). Include family members as secondaries so that the primary “targets” realize that if they are not vaporized in the first strike, the 2nd will get them hiding out with their cousins.
Ditto on military, down to the 1st lieutenants.

Make it personal.

Just for a giggle post another list of mistresses — just in case the obliteration of their gene pool didn’t get them on the 1st or 2nd round.

At the very least, it will drive down the property values of their residences — hurt them in the pocket, too.

Psych ops is an interesting field. First, I doubt that “... Tehran would “destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa”...” Tehran could attack those two locations and inflict damage, but “destroy” is probably not in the running, unless they unleash nuclear weapons and even then nuclear bomb damage is “overrated.” (I know this because I have been involved with a nuclear contamination clean up in college.)

A long time ago, the US military published LD-50-30 radiation levels. This was the amount of different kinds of radiation (Lethal Dose) that would kill 50% of an exposed population within 30 days. That is how the military calculated the effect of nuclear weapons. After the two Japanese bombs were detonated there were lots of long term studies done to see just how lethal nuclear weapons were.

The Civil Defense Department came up with plans for local and private bomb shelters and ways that the public could best survive an nuclear attack. What can be done to dramatically reduce the LD-50-30 deaths is not all that extreme: below ground level radiation shielding during the blast, staying put and not getting exposed to fall out for a few days, avoiding radioactive “hot spots” makes a world of difference.

The real destruction today from a Nuclear bomb or even a dirty bomb is the economic and disruptive effect of clean-up. Since I have been involved with a plutonium release, I have some first hand knowledge of clean-up procedures.

What I can say is the cost and disruption are a function of how “crazy” you want to be or the public is. There are three types of nuclear radiation. Alpha particles (like from plutonium) that can be stopped by a piece of toilet paper or a layer of cheap paint are the first. If you have to separate the alpha emitting particles then chipping the paint and put it in drums is expensive and time consuming. If you are just willing to live with it under the paint, it will not hurt folks and can be cheaply dealt with.

Beta particles, or electrons can be stopped by just a little bit of material. So hot spots can be covered with concrete or asphalt as a relatively easy fix.

Gamma particles require mass for shielding and are the most difficult to deal with.

The best way to deal with beta and gamma particles is to just hose down the area and “flush” the stuff to a river or out to the ocean. Yes, it will harm the environment and yes it will be very hard to clean up once it has been diluted, but it is cheap and makes a location “livable” again relatively quickly. Besides, it wasn't the folks doing the clean up that initially created and released all the radiation. Just my opinion based on some limited experience.

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