A nicely placed number of “EMP’s” would do a nice job of frying Iran back into the stone age!
that would do it for a while. Wonder if there’s anything a little more permanent?
Agree 100% re EMPs... Unless Iran has hardened its electrical grid, all of its command and control facilities, military facilities, nuke facilities, etc, EMP attack makes ultimate sense. Iran - in an instant - would be turned dark. Nuclear and military facilities would shut down. Ability to move the nuke program forward stopped. Also (importantly), ability to retaliate against Israel or (importantly) US bases stopped. No direct “collateral damage” from bomb - no Hiroshima scenes of melting flesh, horrific destruction, etc. Just the Iranian society set back a couple hundred years - all in an instant. And, the Mullahs- instead of war mongering and wishing for the Mahdi’s return - would have to tend with their enraged populace needing the basics of survival.
The simplicity of an EMP answer to this dilemma - esp with Obama throwing Israel under his crowded bus - makes sublime sense. Conventional attacks from Israel’s relatively small military would be difficult at best and would have unpredictable efficacy. Once Obama pulled any support, this option became essentially untenable. A true nuke strike would have significant direct collateral damage (tens of thousands of dead civilians) and also would not necessarily get the job done (unless Israel used enough nuke ordinance to truly bomb Iran into the stone age); I have difficulty envisioning Bibi authorizing the direct deaths of multiple thousands of people. But, Israel is correct about the existential threat that a nuclear armed Iran poses. Thus, Bibi has to act and act decisively. EMPs might be the best solution to a Rubik’s cube-level dilemma. And, the Israelis are famous for unconventional solutions to potentially existential threats.