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2006-07-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

McInerney: Israel capable of air strike on Iran

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Posted by Sholuth Flotch4186 2006-07-18 03:24|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Unfortunately Iran is upgrading its air defenses thanks to the Russians. There is a window of opportunity that will close.

Posted by JAB 2006-07-18 09:47|| 2006-07-18 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 buying up those "barely used" Russian GPS jammers from Baathists?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-18 10:31|| 2006-07-18 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Russia's selling Iran about thirty phased array radars. Once those are in place and active only the US' stealthed missiles and aircraft could get in unseen/safely.

Of course, there are also HARM's for taking out those phased array radars.

Personally, this stuff about getting in without being seen seems silly. Let 'em see the armada coming. They'll light up their stuff, and see it all get flattened before the MMs have time to get away with the loot.

HARMs for the radars and AA sites, JDAMs and bunker busters, cruise missiles and tacnukes for everything else.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-07-18 12:47|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-07-18 12:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Iranian AD sucks. The only medium/long range AA missiles are the ancient I-Hawks and SA-5s (60's and 70's tech). The SA-15s they are receiving from Russia are short range (20,000 ft). Israel or the US will come in at high altitude and the Iranians won't be able to do much but watch.

Posted by ed 2006-07-18 13:18|| 2006-07-18 13:18|| Front Page Top

#5 One thing we're seeing now in Lebanon (and seen in Serbia), you don't have to hit specific sites. Just wipe out the infrastructure.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-07-18 17:24|| 2006-07-18 17:24|| Front Page Top

#6 ^^^
But there's no way Israel could generate enough sorties for that. As McInerney says: "They could do 30 to 40 'aim points' in the array."

Posted by Rory B. Bellows 2006-07-18 17:49|| 2006-07-18 17:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey Rory, who said Israel?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-07-18 18:00|| 2006-07-18 18:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Agreed. This is reserved for US flyboys, many of whom are salivating of the possibility.

Where is the US in terms of EMP?

Posted by Captain America 2006-07-18 18:29|| 2006-07-18 18:29|| Front Page Top

#9 That's classified. But it's commonly known that DOD has been working on hardened systems since the 80s.

I would venture to say that our civilian infrastructure is quite vulnerable but our military capabilities rather less so. How MUCH less so is unknown, to me at least.

Posted by lotp 2006-07-18 18:42|| 2006-07-18 18:42|| Front Page Top

#10 The IAF will not do anything without US support. For the sake of the next generation of Western Civilization, I hope they get it.

Posted by Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-18 21:38|| 2006-07-18 21:38|| Front Page Top

#11 "But it's commonly known that DOD has been working on hardened systems since the 80s."

One of those rather obscure reasons that some of the military's gear, compared to off the shelf stuff, is so damned expensive.

Anginens Threreng8133 - I believe Bush when he says he's not telling Israel what to do militarily, but that doesn't mean he's not making clear what actions he'll back or not. Given today's Senate vote, I believe many of the questions about the political costs he'd face have been answered - and given him very public ammunition to support Israel.

I believe we have a green light for almost everything short of nukes regarding Syria and Iran, for very heavily supporting any resistance within Iran that's showing promise, for pushing the obvious conclusion that this will never end without decisive actions. Stop-gap and half measures lead to more "cycles of violence" (an LGF joke, LOL) - it's got to stop... and the only solution is to go after the sources.

I hope I'm reading the political tea leaves correctly, anyway.

BTW, I have really enjoyed your posts, please keep it up!

Posted by flyover 2006-07-18 21:59|| 2006-07-18 21:59|| Front Page Top

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