cryption said:
Seems stupid not to take this opportunity to destroy Iran's nuclear program. I can't think of a better reason ... and the whole world would appreciate it
They knocked out one of the S300 systems that was guarding a nuclear site, pretty sure they can. Plus Israel has already shown they own the sky when the F35s are around.GAC06 said:
I'd be surprised if Israel has the ability to really go after Iran's nuclear sites. That's probably not something they could do in one night imo
If they were willing to drop 80+ bunker busters on one Hezbollah bunker, then yes, they have the tools necessary to go after Natanz. They could always just take out all of the entrances and make it a tomb for the scientists working inside.GAC06 said:
I'd be surprised if Israel has the ability to really go after Iran's nuclear sites. That's probably not something they could do in one night imo
aTmAg said:
Isn't their nuke stuff under a mountain somewhere? If so, then that would take an invasion.
Pretty sure every previous battle between the two started with Hezbollah breaking the previous cease fire and firing rockets into Israel. No reason to believe it means anything if they did agree to one. If they did, it was Israel's turn to break one anyway.Mathguy64 said:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/middleeast/lebanon-hezbollah-nasrallah-ceasefire-assassination-intl-latam/index.html
So Lebanon claims that the Hezbollah General Secretary actually agreed with Israel on a cease fire BEFORE he was obliterated.
Yeah. It's amazing what dead men say.
Israel should double down and say "yes. Hezbollah agreed to a cease fire. They also said they officially recognize Israel and believe that the Palestinians should be relocated to Jordan and they denounced Hamas. They also ordered 24 bbq pulled pork sandwiches for lunch."
Hashem Safieddine, the Head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council and the Cousin of Hassan Nasrallah, is reportedly the Target of tonight’s Israeli Airstrikes on the Dahieh Suburb of Southern Beirut. pic.twitter.com/AYo847xumg
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 3, 2024
Several Officers with the Quds Force of the the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) are believed to have been Eliminated by tonight’s Israeli Airstrike on a Hezbollah Bunker in Southern Beirut, which contained a Meeting being held with the New Secretary-General of Hezbollah,…
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Iran shot ballistic missiles at Israel's nuclear facilities this week.Joes said:cryption said:
Seems stupid not to take this opportunity to destroy Iran's nuclear program. I can't think of a better reason ... and the whole world would appreciate it
I'll be pretty shocked if they go after the nuclear sites. Everybody wants it but I just don't see it happening. At least as things stand now. There's no question our idiotic country will do everything it can to prevent it.
GAC06 said:
I'd be surprised if Israel has the ability to really go after Iran's nuclear sites. That's probably not something they could do in one night imo
FTAG 2000 said:GAC06 said:
I'd be surprised if Israel has the ability to really go after Iran's nuclear sites. That's probably not something they could do in one night imo
Israel dropped 87 bunker busters on Hezbollah's headquarters last weekend. They sequenced them every two seconds, basically creating a hammer drill effect to drill down to the bunker and wipe out the Hezzy leadership.
Why wouldn't anyone think that was a trial run for Iran's nuclear facilities?
Looks like #Israel got the whole Hezbollah Shura Council that was meeting to elect Safieddine as Nasrallah's successor. This makes me think that Israel knew where Safieddine has been, all along, and was waiting for this meeting to take them out wholesale, instead of one by one.
— Hussain Abdul-Hussain (@hahussain) October 3, 2024
AtticusMatlock said:
Posted this earlier, maybe on the other thread, but the bunker busters they are using are not standoff weapons. There's no such thing as a standoff bunker buster unless you're talking about a nuke. You have to be directly over the target.
The closest Iranian nuclear base to the closest Israeli air base is roughly 1,300km. An F-15 carrying a heavy payload would have to be refueled on the way there and on the way back over Saudi or Iraqi territory.
Getting an F-15 over Iran and over a nuclear site is not only not feasible due to range but it is just asking for a shoot down.
If the US were to carry out this mission they would be using the larger 30,000 lb bunker busters which can only effectively be carried in that situation by the B-2.
Israel does have some standoff weaponry which will likely be the weaponry of choice, and I'm assuming they have a lot of assets inside Iran they can activate similar to how they took out the guy in the embassy. No telling how many bombs and other goodies they already have in place.
Iran has asked Russia for cooperation with satellite intelligence ahead of an Israeli strike, NYT reports, citing two Iranian officials who are familiar with the war planning.
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You’d think he’d have been fired over the whole pager and walkie talkie debacle
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Yazidi woman kidnapped by IS freed from Gaza after decade in captivity https://t.co/5nzgDQ99G1
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Iran's supreme leader held a rifle by his side as he addressed worshippers in Tehran in a rare public sermon, days after Iran's missile attack on Israel.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 80, delivered his first sermon in nearly five years to faithful at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla mosque in central Tehran today.
It comes three days before the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, triggered by the Iran-backed Palestinian group's October 7 attack
I hope Israel is able to blow this sob to hell.Quote:
Analysts said Iran's missile attack - its second-ever directly targeting Israel - was meant to counter a string of setbacks suffered by Tehran and its regional allies.
Iran has said this week's attack was carried out in 'self-defence' and warned of 'crushing attacks' on Israel if it retaliated.
After attacking Israel unannounced with some 200 missiles, Khamenei asserted that the US and 'some European countries' were responsible for instability in the region.
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The U.S. bombed more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen in a series of airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Friday.
Military aircraft and warships struck the militant strongholds and their weapons systems in five locations days after American warships were attacked in the Red Sea.
The joint operation with the British military is a sign of serious escalation with the Middle East still waiting to see if Israel will retaliate against Iran for the rocket barrage earlier this week.
How the Houthi's have not been obliterated given the **** they have pulled over the years is beyond me.ProgN said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13925879/U-S-bombs-Yemen-Airstrikes-launched-Iranian-backed-Houthi-targets.htmlQuote:
The U.S. bombed more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen in a series of airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Friday.
Military aircraft and warships struck the militant strongholds and their weapons systems in five locations days after American warships were attacked in the Red Sea.
The joint operation with the British military is a sign of serious escalation with the Middle East still waiting to see if Israel will retaliate against Iran for the rocket barrage earlier this week.
