[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

Well, the firepower is often compared to the number of bombs dropped by both sides during the entire WWII. With the nukes available in the Battle Group, the total tonnage of TNT far exceeded what was dropped in WWII.

Having said that, it is not neccessary to invade Iran. We can just bomb the hell out of them. More likely just all their military facilities, and leave it at that.

[defenderSD]

I don't know about just bombing them. That doesn't get rid of the problem permanently and it only strengthens their resolve to build nuclear weapons later in this century. I think if we take military action against Iran, it's going to be an air war for 1-3 months followed by a fast invasion from Iraq and Afghanistan, followed by a forced regime change. I would think that after pulverizing their army from the air for a few months, we could capture Tehran in less than a month.

We also have this new weapon, which could knock out the engines on all their vehicles and turn the Iranian army into an army of foot soldiers. Foot soldiers couldn't do much to stop our armored divisions. This could be Bushs's ace in the hole, along with all those other super-secret new weapons that are rumored but not yet seen.