US spells out plan to bomb Iran

[tjwash]

Courtesy of the U.K. Herald.

US spells out plan to bomb Iran
IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent

THE US is updating contingency plans for a non-nuclear strike to cripple Iran's atomic weapon programme if international diplomacy fails, Pentagon sources have confirmed.

Strategists are understood to have presented two options for pinpoint strikes using B2 bombers flying directly from bases in Missouri, Guam in the Pacific and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

RAF Fairford in Gloucester also has facilities for B2s but this has been ruled out because of the UK's opposition to military action against Tehran.

The main plan calls for a rolling, five-day bombing campaign against 400 key targets in Iran, including 24 nuclear-related sites, 14 military airfields and radar installations, and Revolutionary Guard headquarters.

At least 75 targets in underground complexes would be attacked with waves of bunker-buster bombs.
Iranian radar networks and air defence bases would be struck by submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles and then kept out of action by carrier aircraft flying from warships in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf.

"if international diplomacy fails"---what a joke of a statement that is.

[Canuckistanian]

1. I hate to think what happens next

The US will be sooo fucked in the eyes of the world.

[Eric J in MN]

2. Bush is refusing direct negotiations with Iran.

There is no real diplomacy from the Bush Administration.

[uppityperson]

3. Well, thank you for posting this article.

that is all I am able to say.

[tjwash]

4. "if international diplomacy fails"

What a fucking joke. Here's the White House's idea of "International Diplomacy":

GWB: We need you to hand over every barrel of oil that your country produces for the next 20 years to Halliburton, as well as allow us to run roughshod over your country and impose an American-style corpora-facism style of government in Iran.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: No, that's completely unreasonable.


GWB: See, I told you that Diplomacy was a waste of time with them. Let's roll...

[magellan]

5. Done deal

I hope all good Iranians are moving as far away from these sites as possible. With over 400 sites targeted, and potential fallout concerns, I suggest relocating to Cancun.

[tjwash]

6. Kick for the evening crew...