What A War Against Iran Could Look Like

Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Reuters

Military Times: What war with Iran could look like

Late at night somewhere not far from the coast of Iran, U.S. sailors sleep on board ship when suddenly a dull thud reverberates through the hull and shocks them awake.

An Iranian mini-submarine or possibly a drone has wound its way through layers of defenses, struck the side of the warship and water is flooding in.

In the hours following the incident, Iranian leaders say it wasn’t an intentional attack. Some of their naval personnel went rogue.

U.S. strikes on key missile defense positions along the Iranian coast are already underway. Those strikes signal salvos for some a country away, armed and ready to hit U.S. troops in short notice.

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Update: What’s the end game in an armed conflict with Iran? (Todd South, Shawn Snow, and David B. Larter, Military Times).

WNU Editor: Every scenario that I could think of is a nightmare. Such a conflict would engulf the region. And while I do not see any big land invasion, I do see multiple airstrikes and missile attacks, as well as the use of proxies. The disruption in oil supplies alone is a guarantee that every country in the world that is dependent on oil from the Middle East will want to get involved.