[BigBobber]

I read Raid on the Sun recently, a book about the Israeli attack on the Iraqi reactor. Israel's F16s just barely made the round trip to Iraq, and were heavily laden with fuel. I don't know where the Iranian facilities are, but Iran is a huge country and farther from Israel than Iraq. I don't think they can reach Iran without midair refueling over Saudi Arabia or Iraq.

[Duaine]

Hmmm...seem to remember article in Kansas City Star in the past concerning Isreali Navy taking delivery of some French
"Daphne??) Class Diesel Submarines which are cruise missile capable.

Cruise missile + Nuclear Warhead = Big Boom...

[ProudVet77]

Refueling won't be a problem, we'll probably do it.
I actually expect we will be in on the raid in several ways. Since the Israelis have many of our systems, particularly bombs the forensic evidence can still point to them even if a B2/F117 dropped it. We will almost certain mess with Iranian air defense systems, jam communications and be an overall impediment to the Iranians. Iran is effectively surrounded.

[glorgau]

Israel is just passing time for the Arrow anti-missile system to get in place. This looks 1-2 years out. Once that and the US system is in place, The Euros get Iranian nukes within range. And so do the Russians, but they possess a deterrent. The Chinese get the North Koreans, but they can't deal with them unilaterally, because it would ruin their economy.