This ought to fire you up

[TteFAboB]

Why not just drop more bunker-busters and keep dropping them untill the facility must stop working because of the random crumblings?

A tactical nuke sounds like the easy way out. I say the IAF and the USAF join forces with anybody else interested to do 24h bunker-buster bombing on these facilities. Remember WW2? Remember Bomber Command? The IAF attacks during daylight, the USAF floods the night with B-2's, B-1's, F-117's if there's still any left and whatever else.

After a few days the facilities will have to halt production because it's only a matter of time untill all corridors and rooms collapse on top of anybody inside. No reason to leave the infrastructure leading to the place intact either. Bomb the roads, railways, powerlines, send in SpecOps to sabotage the water line and shut it down.

Well, this plan would be far more expensive but who cares? I'm e-mailing it to the Pentagon.

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by TteFAboB

Why not just drop more bunker-busters and keep dropping them untill the facility must stop working because of the random crumblings?

A tactical nuke sounds like the easy way out. I say the IAF and the USAF join forces with anybody else interested to do 24h bunker-buster bombing on these facilities. Remember WW2? Remember Bomber Command? The IAF attacks during daylight, the USAF floods the night with B-2's, B-1's, F-117's if there's still any left and whatever else.

After a few days the facilities will have to halt production because it's only a matter of time untill all corridors and rooms collapse on top of anybody inside. No reason to leave the infrastructure leading to the place intact either. Bomb the roads, railways, powerlines, send in SpecOps to sabotage the water line and shut it down.

Well, this plan would be far more expensive but who cares? I'm e-mailing it to the Pentagon.

You would have to beat the Russians telephone call to Iran and by the time you got there everything would have been moved so you are just bombing empty facilities.

[fatty]

Originally Posted by joea

You really think deterrence won't work? Amejinethingamajig doesn't seem stable but I think a lot is show.

I agree.

I'd bet the Iranian government will not wave their nuclear stick much more if/when they acquire the bomb. They'd be quite aware that a good deal of American nuclear weapons will be pointed squarely at them and, more importantly, their people. I think there are still lots of Iranians who aren't interested in being vapourized by a nuclear counter-strike just yet, even if it means erasing Israel.

And of course, we all know that revolution has happened before in Iran.:hmm:

This article was a step in the right direction - reminding Iranians of the consequences for going nuclear.

[baggygreen]

Im all for it - provided there is a constant flow of diplomatic pressure on. Yes, i know that it wont count for jack etc, but you've got to be seen to be doing the right thing before taking such a step.