Tuesday, August 3, 2010

U.S. Comes Clean On Having Plans To Attack Iran's Nuclear Facilities



Bombers, Missiles Could End Iran Nukes: Pentagon Has Plan For Attack -- Washington Times

A Pentagon strike against Iran would rely heavily on the B-2 bomber and cruise missiles to try to destroy the regime's ability to make nuclear weapons, analysts say, after the top U.S. military officer said a war plan is in place.

The missiles, fired from surface ships, submarines and B-52 bombers, would take out air defenses and nuclear-related facilities.

The B-2s would drop tons of bombs, including ground penetrators, onto fortified and buried sites where Tehran is suspected of enriching uranium to fuel the weapons and working on warheads.

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More News On The U.S. Having Plans To Strike Iran's Nuclear Facilities

US has Iran strike plan, Mullen says -- Boston.com
U.S. military chief warns of attack option against Iran -- The Daily Mail
US has plan to attack Iran if needed -- The Telegraph
Iran has defensive plans to face any attack: defense chief -- Xinhuanet
Iran warns any war in Mideast ‘would not be limited’ to a single country -- Tehran Times
Price for a potential Israeli strike on Iran? A Palestinian state. -- Andy Zelleke, Robert Dujarric, Christian Science Monitor
Attack consequences -- Dawn Editorial

My Comment: I posted this story on Sunday, commenting that this news is not a surprise. Has anything changed since then .... not really. U.S. policy towards Iran's nuclear program has been long on rhetoric, and short on what they will do. While economic sanctions has been the preferred route, the U.S. military option has always been vague and short of specifics.

I expect this to continue until Iran announces that they have enough enriched nuclear material to produce a small nuclear arsenal. Until then .... I expect more veiled threats and international posturing.

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