Iran: We Can Destroy US Bases 'In Minutes'

Arutz Sheva ^ | 4/7/12 | Gabe Kahn

[Eleutheria5]

Iran on Wednesday claimed it has the capability to destroy US bases “within minutes.”

US "bases are all in range of our missiles, and the occupied lands [Israel] are also good targets for us," Revolutionary Guard commander Amir Ali Haji Zadehthe Fars news agency.

The three-day Great Prophet 7 training exercise - which simulated rapidly releasing batteries of hundreds of guided missiles and Iran-made drones at mock-ups of US bases - wrapped up on Wednesday.

Zadehthe claimed that 35 US bases are within the 2,000 km range of Iran’s rockets, although the actual number of bases within this area is closer to 10.

Iran's bellicose rhetoric comes amid rising tension between Iran and the US, already locked in a long-running stand-off over Iran’s nuclear program.

Washington, the European Union, Gulf Arab states, and Israel all believe Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons in contravention of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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[moonshot925]

The trigger of a fusion weapon is a fission weapon.

Only in the center of a fission explosion, can we produce both the temperature and pressure needed to cause fusion.

A thermonuclear weapon has a primary (fission) and a secondary (fusion).

[moonshot925]

Here is a diagram of the W88 warhead. It has a yield of 455 kilotons. 30 times more powerful than Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima.

[hosepipe]

Iran and iranians are a cartoon...
with dark humor and negative mocking of logic...

[alloysteel]

Bad calculation. After the first strike (which may mean SOME losses for the US), the second strike capability does not exist for Iran. Do they not read history?

Japan made a raid on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. That ended with Japan being the first nation ever to have atomic annihilation rained down upon them, and they came to understand the meaning of “unconditional surrender”.

And Japan was FAR more prepared to go to war than Iran.

[doorgunner69]

Hope they are stocked up on SPF99...........

[Berlin_Freeper]

Let’s kill Iran for for oil.

[Gay State Conservative]

The US can destroy Iran within minutes.

Can,but won't.And neither will Europe.Israel,OTOH can (maybe in an hour rather than in minutes) and who knows what *they* might be inclined to do,given the right motivation.

[Hodar]

For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons or launched a crippling cyberattack.

Obama severely limits conditions of retalitory nuclear option

[plain talk]

OK, Iran, let’s assume you can launch a lot of bombs at US bases and Israel. What response do you think is taken by the U.S. after you launch those strikes - even with bozo in the WH? Then what happens when all those submarine based and airborne based nukes come raining down on Iran?

so ask yourself, do you feel lucky? well do ya ... punk?

[GoldenPup]

Iran: We Can Destroy US Bases 'In Minutes'.

I remember all the bullshit sadam huesein spouted about his republican guard and superior forces before Gulf War One and his ability to destroy and annihilate all ememies and blah, blah, blah. Look what it got him. Whistleing as they tip-toe past the graveyard. Idiots. I just hope that when the time comes, as it certainly will, that we have the guts to use nukes and end it quickly and not sacrifice more American lives. Enough is enough!!!

[Sirius Lee]

If the won failed to counter an iranian launch, I suspect the Joint Chiefs would pull a 7 Days In May.

[vetvetdoug]

Ragheads talk a big game but when it comes down to the nitty gritty all they can do is rape women and hide.

[Rca2000]

A small fission (atomic) bomb...

[equaviator]

“Iran on Wednesday claimed it has the capability to destroy US bases “within minutes.””

They don’t know what they don’t know.

[Eleutheria5]

Come and break into my house. I have a gun, but won’t use it. Such a brilliant man./s

[Dallas59]

With Obammy in charge...I believe them!

[Rumplemeyer]

all that is necessary is to takeout their command and control, cut the snakes head off...

[philman_36]

If he keeps on rattling that sabre he won’t have any hilt left when it comes time to actually drawing his sword.

[crosshairs]

I’d like to think if Ronald Reagan were still president, Iran would no longer exist by now. With a fellow muzzie in office, hussein will probably surrender to Iran.

[Sir Napsalot]

>>> negative mocking of logic...

OOOOh, I LIKE that.