Israelis don't have the staying power to win a slugfest. They do have the firepower but not the staying power. For one thing, they don't have enough oil reserves.
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Originally posted by Blademaster View PostIsraelis don't have the staying power to win a slugfest. They do have the firepower but not the staying power. For one thing, they don't have enough oil reserves.
Trying to find a source on Israel's domestic strategic oil reserves is (for good reason) maddeningly difficult.
Wiki has a single unsourced comment "As of 1975 Israel is believed to have a strategic oil reserve equal to 270 days of consumption."
Of course in wartime that would evaporate in a matter of months.
On other other side of the coin:
"According to the 1975 Sinai Interim Agreement signed by the United States and Israel as a precondition for Israel's return of the Sinai Peninsula and its associated oil reserves to Egypt, in an emergency the U.S. is obligated to make oil available for sale to Israel for up to 5 years"
Their stocks of ordnance are also a potential Achilles Heel as well...except that the U.S. would almost certainly stage "Nickel Grass II" in a hot minute.“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by TopHatter View PostTheir stocks of ordnance are also a potential Achilles Heel as well...except that the U.S. would almost certainly stage "Nickel Grass II" in a hot minute.
Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View PostSomething was bugging me about this and then it struck me, the US cannot take care of her treaty obligations and Israel at the same time. Hell, we were running out of ammo for Libya. Imagine the US fighting North Korea and having to supply Israel at the same time.
For better or for worst, NATO comes first, Israel comes second.
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Originally posted by TopHatter View PostGood point, although Israel has certainly prepared for it.
Trying to find a source on Israel's domestic strategic oil reserves is (for good reason) maddeningly difficult.
Wiki has a single unsourced comment "As of 1975 Israel is believed to have a strategic oil reserve equal to 270 days of consumption."
Of course in wartime that would evaporate in a matter of months.
On other other side of the coin:
"According to the 1975 Sinai Interim Agreement signed by the United States and Israel as a precondition for Israel's return of the Sinai Peninsula and its associated oil reserves to Egypt, in an emergency the U.S. is obligated to make oil available for sale to Israel for up to 5 years"
Their stocks of ordnance are also a potential Achilles Heel as well...except that the U.S. would almost certainly stage "Nickel Grass II" in a hot minute.
Despite US naval supremacy at sea, it would take at least several months before US could ensure a steady supply of oil. I do not think that Israel has enough oil to last for months. It has to win quickly and decisive.
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Originally posted by Blademaster View PostCan't you just drag a couple old tankers filled with debris or munitions and blow it up in the middle of the harbor and create a soft kill?
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Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View PostThere are going to be problems.
Something was bugging me about this and then it struck me, the US cannot take care of her treaty obligations and Israel at the same time. Hell, we were running out of ammo for Libya. Imagine the US fighting North Korea and having to supply Israel at the same time.“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View PostAnd the resupply was slow in coming.“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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