Posted on 12/05/2005 11:16:49 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
how about a thousand foot high slingshot loaded with mutton??
I thought Israel had submarines with nuke capable cruise missle capability.
Its not like we wouldnt refuel their planes in mid-air.
Yup. My money is on Israel.
......the US would have to provide some sort of support....
That is unless Iraq provides the support.
They have numerous ECM aircraft.
As for tankers, I don't know. You would think they would at least have some.
Keep in mind folks, that One does not have to have a jet airliner to have an air tanker. Hercules C-130s have been equipped to do the job for the Marines, as I remember.
Not true. The only country in that area that is truly hostile to Israel is Syria, and frankly, the Syrians are a bunch of p*ssies. Israel can handle them easily.
Even during the Yom Kippur War, when Syria and Egypt launched a surprise attack on Israel, the best the Syrians could do was make a few small advances in the Golan Heights before being turned back. The Egyptians, at least, managed to do a lot better before eventually losing.
If true, and the US doesn't do something about it soon, Israel would be fully justified if it launched a nuclear first strike against Iran. Can't allow those mad dogs to get nukes.
Israel is posturing Bush to do it for them.
Even though I don't believe Iran will actually act to do anything against Israel, I do think they certainly plan on obtaining nuclear weapons. Once they have these weapons, if there is a regime change anyhting is possible. But it seems like the entire world will do nothing to stop Iran. And other countries,like Russia, are actively helping them.
I need to contact someone who was working on the burrowing nuke. I know a politcally acceptable way of accomplishing the mission. Is there no one on FR who knows somebody?
Ah................dosen't Israel have strategic missels that could reach the target? (I guess this closes the debate)
It was one above-ground facility, like bombing your regional power plant. Iran has taken great care in spreading their program out and underground to become impermeable to conventional attack. Unfortunately for them, it leaves Israel only one choice. I said on another thread that Iran's key to survival is to drag all their crap above ground and dare Israel to destroy it all. Israel ends up looking like the bad guy if they do, but both countries live to see another day. Iran's incendiary rhetoric legitimizes the possibility of a pre-emptive attack. Iran's in a corner now, and they get to pick their poison, because, one way or another, either the nukes or the Iranian government is going to be a smoldering pile.
Prayers offered up for the safety of Israel and her people.
If they have the will, they'll figure out a way. I was banking on Israel doing the dirty work for the rest of us, but now I'm not so sure.
you posted this before, yes? Is this the program they recently terminated?
Yes. And Yes.
And the Israeli planes were painted with Iraqi markings. It will be hard to pull that trick again.
I'm confident that the Israelis will come up with a solution. Any attack, however, may end up being a suicide mission, if they can get there but can't get back, or if they smuggle in a suitcase nuke, as a poster suggested, to make it look like an Iranian accident.
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