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Originally Posted by MadMike
Why use nukes when we have to ability to destroy Iran's infrastructure with conventionally armed TLAM's, B-1's, and B-2's?
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Because their infrastructure does not produce nukes, and more than just one expert doubt that certain key installations of the production chain are in reach of even the heaviest and most penetrating conventional ammunitions. even more, the exact position of certain key structure in top priority sites in not known. So you have targets whose exact psoiton you do not know, and that are hidden ten, twenty and more meters under the ground, or behind stone of mountains, in caves, additionaly hardened by steel and concrete. you can't even hit them precisely.
I said from the very beginning, and still do so, that any war against Iran that means serious business to disrupt it's capacity of manufacturing nuclear bombs necessarily will include small nukes. Else, you only do damage to secondary structures and cause delays, but do not take out the key elements.
The use of nukes is not the first time being mentioned now in plannign thoughts, or analysis:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintAr...articleId=1714