So we attack the dams. Think they’ll sit back and say “aw shucks”?
The entire gulf will be in flames in a matter of days if not hours.
The world economy will tank. Russia and China will not sit idly by. WW 3.
Not necessarily. Iran’s serious weapons are its missiles. If you can neutralize them, most of the rest of their military is just crap.
The USN would pulverize both their surface and submarine fleets overnight. Likewise their air forces would be cut to ribbons by the USAF. Their al-Quds unconventionals would be annoying, so western nations would have to up their security.
The most dangerous wild card would be Russia. It’s interference route would be via the Caspian Sea, but Russia has no major assets there, other than a corvette and a frigate.