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Old 04-07-2008, 00:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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U.S vs Iran

If there were to be a war against Iran how would U.S approach it?fighting against Iraq wasnt felt as a citizen living in the U.S. I am sure that Iran poses a much better fight than Iraq since it has much more firepower. Do you think they would be capable of deploying a nuclear weapon against the U.S?Is the U.S as of now prepared to fight a war of that magnitude? Because sooner or later I predict this is going to be the next war the U.S will have!



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If there were to be a war against Iran how would U.S approach it?fighting against Iraq wasnt felt as a citizen living in the U.S. I am sure that Iran poses a much better fight than Iraq since it has much more firepower. Do you think they would be capable of deploying a nuclear weapon against the U.S?Is the U.S as of now prepared to fight a war of that magnitude? Because sooner or later I predict this is going to be the next war the U.S will have!



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Methodically and Strategicly. No Doubt. No Nukes.
But Iran will also have to show off all of that Soviet "quality" armament.
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Old 04-15-2008, 19:28 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Israel requested the hook-up to the BMEWS for early warning to defend itself against Iranian missile attack. Tuesday, April 15, Iran’s deputy C-in-C Mohammad Reza Ashtiani threatened to eliminate Israel from “the scene of the universe” if it launches a military attack on the Islamic state.

DEBKAfile’s military sources report the system operates from three global centers – the US Thule Air Base in Greenland, where the 12th Space Warning Squadron is located; the Clear Air Force Station in Alaska and the British RAF long-range radar station at Fylingdales, Yorkshire, in England.

This is the third time Israel has been connected to the BMEWS. The first was in 1991 before the first Gulf War and the second in 2003 before the US invasion of Iraq. Then, Israel feared Iraqi missile attack, which indeed materialized in 1991. Now, US military sources interpret the request as signifying Israel’s sense of the need to prepare for an Iranian missile attack in the not-too-distant future.

Such an attack could develop from a US or Israeli strike against Iran, or any war situation involving Israel, Syria or Hizballah. Tehran might also stage a pre-emptive strike if early intelligence was received of an impending US or Israeli attack on Iran, Syria or Hizballah.

These sources stressed that Iran could even decide to lash out against Israel after the event in reprisal for an American assault, not necessarily on its nuclear sites but on Revolutionary Guards bases involved in directing, arming and training militias for attacks on US troops in Iraq. In such a contingency, Tehran could decide to hit back at US bases and strategic sites in the Persian Gulf and Middle East at large, including Israel.

The hook-up to the US early warning system will give Israel a better chance to prepare its Arrow and Patriot missile defense systems – and the US to prepare its own Israel-based Patriot batteries - in good time to ward off an Iranian missile attack. The BMEWS would start beaming data on an incoming Iranian missile at the launching stage and before it is airborne.

American military sources have no doubt that if an Iranian missile barrage targets Tel Aviv, Israel will counter with a missile attack on Tehran or Damascus.
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