Nuclear Iran

[Skybird]

The traditional military means of Israel regarding Iran are more limited than they want the world to believe. Distances, the hardening of Iranian targets, and the limited availability of Israeli platforms speak are the reasons.
Iran meanwhile has driven its key research facility deeper and deeper under that damn mountain of theirs. I doubt it can be reached by conventional ammunitions delivered by missile or aircraft anymore. It needs a truck driving an according payload into the base.


Israel most likely is unable to militarily act on its own without falling back to using nukes or being massively, very massively assisted by the US. Iran is not the Lebanon, or close-by Egypt. Its distant away, and it is huge. It can be reached by Israel in a dare-devil air operation and many mid-air refuelings and permits to use foreign air space and such. But I doubt any such attack can have any signficant effect on installations of their njuclear program. Its more symbolic if such an attack woudl take place.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The traditional military means of Israel regarding Iran are more limited than they want the world to believe. Distances, the hardening of Iranian targets, and the limited availability of Israeli platforms speak are the reasons.
Iran meanwhile has driven its key research facility deeper and deeper under that damn mountain of theirs. I doubt it can be reached by conventional ammunitions delivered by missile or aircraft anymore. It needs a truck driving an according payload into the base.


Israel most liekly is unable to militarily act on its own without falling back to using nukes or being massively, very massively assisted by the US.

While watching the video Otto Harkaman posted on this page I was wondering:
Can Israel fight a long time war with Iran ?
Do Israel have enough to fight Iran for more than 2-4 years?
Because I'm convinced a war between these two will be a long lived story

Markus

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by mapuc

While watching the video Otto Harkaman posted on this page I was wondering:
Can Israel fight a long time war with Iran ?
Do Israel have enough to fight Iran for more than 2-4 years?
Because I'm convinced a war between these two will be a long lived story

Markus

They already are at war, since decades.


A conventional military full blown exchange: it depends how fast their factories can produce long range missiles. Becasue thats what sduch a long war will be fought with, necessarily. Their navies and air forces? No.



With Iran having the advantage to have launching pads right on Israel's borders. And plenty of angry young proxy warriors in these, too.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Skybird

They already are at war, since decades.


A conventional military full blown exchange: it depends how fast their factories can produce long range missiles. Becasue thats what sduch a long war will be fought with, necessarily. Their navies and air forces? No.



With Iran having the advantage to have launching pads right on Israel's borders. And plenty of angry young proxy warriors in these, too.

By Proxy yes But I meant head to head

Edit
We must not forget Saudi-Arabia.
They are also fighting Iran by proxy in Yemen.
End edit

Markus