A KC-130J load master watches a refueling of an MV-22B Osprey during a training mission in 2012. (Cpl. Michael Petersheim/US Marine Corps)
US Ospreys and Air Tankers Put Iran in Israel's Reach -- Defense News
The United States plans to give Israel weapons that would enable it to send ground forces against Iranian nuclear facilities that it can’t penetrate from the air.
The deal includes air-refueling aircraft, advanced radars for F-15 fighter jets, and up to eight V-22 Ospreys, an aircraft that can land like a helicopter and carry two dozen special operations forces with their gear over long distances at aircraft speeds.
The Osprey “is the ideal platform for sending Israeli special forces into Iran,” says Kenneth Pollack, a former CIA analyst now at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy.
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My Comment: Final delivery of this equipment and doing the necessary training will take time .... in short .... the Israelis are months (if not longer) from being ready to launch an attack against Iran's nuclear facilities.
The regional co flict, via proxy war in Syria, widening: now Russia leaving and Iran sending 6 000 troops to Syria, plus Hezbollah, an arm of Iran already there.
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