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Old 05-02-2008, 14:59 PM   #45 (permalink)
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Iranian Ops

Citanon,

It's fair to assume that any operation against Iran will ultimately target it's nuclear facilities to achieve destruction or compel enforcement. Doing so means a sustained campaign. Level of tempo is less important to some degree, provided our lassitude doesn't permit the additional hardening/concealment of key targets.

Any air campaign will likely attack immediate and near-term threats while establishing and maintaining both general air supremacy as well as transit corridors for further raids. ADA networks, naval facilities, airbases, IRGC/al-Quds facilities all represent viable first-order targets. So too gulf islands deemed a threat to shipping. These will likely be occupied.

Failure by Iran to respond will lead to it's eventual dismantling in any case. They'll respond and it'll be apparent, I'm sure of that. As to transparency, we won't need much to justify going full-bore.
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