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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Would Israel still need US bunker busters for attacking Iranian nukes? |
| 2020-01-03 |
| [JPost] - Tensions are going into overdrive between Israel, Iran and the US, and Tehran has been creeping closer to a nuclear weapon since it started violating the 2015 nuclear deal in May 2019. Not in 2015? If "judgment day" comes in late 2020, and Israel believes it must preemptively strike the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities to prevent Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from having nuclear weapons, will it be able to effectively do so alone? Or would Israel need either direct US involvement or at least a transfer of key US weaponry that Israel still does not possess? As of late 2016, and likely at least until Israel’s F-35 aircraft became operational in December 2017, Israel did not have a full answer to striking Iran’s nuclear facilities. A survey of top Israeli officials and some US officials by The Jerusalem Post about how far Israel’s capabilities have advanced by 2020 did not give a definite answer ‐ though at the very least there are question marks about what Israel can do going it alone. As of late 2016, former prime minister Ehud Barak was still criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to get "bunker buster" bombs from the US, which would enable an Israeli solo attack on Iran’s key underground nuclear facility of Fordow. Think outside the box, for the Name's sake! |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 yes |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-01-03 11:48 |