Israeli Attack On Iran Would Be Complex Operation

[Purveyor]

If Israel attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, the strike would probably take the form of a complex air assault involving scores of planes that would have to penetrate Iranian air defenses and attack up to a couple of dozen targets simultaneously, analysts say.

"This would be way more sophisticated than anything that's ever been done before," said Charles Wald, a retired Air Force general who led the coalition air campaign in Afghanistan that helped topple the Taliban.

By contrast, Israel's strike on Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor in 1981 and an attack in Syria in 2007 were simpler operations that required Israel to hit a single above-ground target. Neither country had sophisticated air defense capabilities.

There would be nothing "surgical" in a strike on Iranian facilities, Wald said.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-13/israel-iran-attack/53083160/1?csp=34news

[no_hypocrisy]

1. My SO told me that he met a 20-something woman this week-end who told him

that she's enlisting the Marines specifically for the purpose and for the hope that this country will be "killing Iranians". He thought she was joking and tried to counter that maybe she wanted government subsidies for college. No, she insisted, it was to help Israel kill Iranians in a prospective war. And many of her friends are doing the same.

[frylock]

2. that's one sick individual

[no_hypocrisy]

3. No shit

[DavidDvorkin]

4. I wonder if she realizes that they'll be shooting back.

[AverageJoe90]

5. I despise the Iranian government, but believe me when I say that....

This lady is just plain sick. There is something totally wrong with her.

[marmar]

6. That article borders on cheerleading an attack.

nt

[ellisonz]

7. There will be no war with Iran.

The politics all are against it and the military logistics of an Israeli strike are far too complex.