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Bacle said:
See, this is why we won't need to invade Iran to beat them in a conflict; the Mossad has gotten so good at fucking with them internally that they could probably cripple the country long enough for someone to erase it's navy and air force before they got a coordinated response together.
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That solution only works for a time. Its a delaying tactic. It can create a whole lot of delays, but its just that, delays. Stuff like that can make Iran much poorer, less capable, and more annoyed, but that won't make it any less stubborn in going for nukes, and that's not such a challenge in modern times technologically, even countries like Pakistan and North Korea (a country much smaller, poorer, and more heavily sanctioned than Iran) have them, and given time, Iran will likely also make some basic ones *eventually*, assuming it doesn't get bribed not to (or to pretend not to). Nothing short of invasion, or knocking the IRGC and Islamic Revolution out of the seat of power by other means is going to be a long term solution to this problem.
 
Marduk said:
That solution only works for a time. Its a delaying tactic. It can create a whole lot of delays, but its just that, delays. Stuff like that can make Iran much poorer, less capable, and more annoyed, but that won't make it any less stubborn in going for nukes, and that's not such a challenge in modern times technologically, even countries like Pakistan and North Korea (a country much smaller, poorer, and more heavily sanctioned than Iran) have them, and given time, Iran will likely also make some basic ones *eventually*, assuming it doesn't get bribed not to (or to pretend not to). Nothing short of invasion, or knocking the IRGC and Islamic Revolution out of the seat of power by other means is going to be a long term solution to this problem.
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If someone wants to do a ground invasion of Iran, they better plan to do it without US boots on the ground.

The US might be able to justify an Operation Preying Mantis 2.0, but an actual invasion would never fly domestically.
 
Apparently that fake Nuclear Archive that Israel lifted from Iran was actually legitimate?

m.jpost.com

Iranian official admits Israel swiped nuclear archive

Iran needs to revamp its security, says the secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council who reports directly to the supreme leader.
m.jpost.com m.jpost.com

Only took Iran two years to admit it... Albeit surreptiously.
 
apnews.com

Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran began enriching uranium Friday to its highest level ever, edging closer to weapons-grade levels to pressure talks in Vienna aimed at restoring its nuclear deal with world powers after an attack on its main atomic site.
apnews.com apnews.com

While Biden is chasing after Iran with wine and flowers, the Iranians show their contempt for his courting.
 
Unless Iran really buy few H warheads after soviet collapsed,i do not think that they could be danger to anybody with anything they are capable of doing.
 
ATP said:
Unless Iran really buy few H warheads after soviet collapsed,i do not think that they could be danger to anybody with anything they are capable of doing.
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Gun type bombs are very simple to build once you have the uranium enriched.
 
And dirty bombs bombs even easier and easier to get into an enemy cou try
 
GoldRanger said:
www.timesofisrael.com

Iran says Quds Force deputy chief dead of a heart attack

Muhammad Hussein-Zada Hejazi worked directly under Soleimani, was flagged by Israel for overseeing Hezbollah's manufacture of precision-guided missiles
www.timesofisrael.com www.timesofisrael.com

The guy who replaced Sulimani just croaked, apparently from natural causes.
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I'd like to know what caused that heart attack. It may very well have been natural, but the timing is interesting.
 
Tiamat said:
I'd like to know what caused that heart attack. It may very well have been natural, but the timing is interesting.
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Well,maybe like in old soviet union - last world of known comrades who could not be oficially killed ,so they died from "natural" causes was "comrades,do not schoot"
 
www.reuters.com

Syrian missile explodes in area near Israeli nuclear reactor, Israel retaliates

A Syrian missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor and an Israeli strike in Syria.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com

Turns out the missile in question was likely a Syrian SA-5 Surface to Air missile that may or may not have been fired at Israeli aircraft, missed and then happened to land in the vicinity of the Dimona Nuclear area within Israel.

The IDF already responded with retaliatory Air strikes that struck several Syrian SAM batteries including the one that fired the original errant missile.

Syria reports only four soldiers were wounded from Israeli Air strikes on Syrian suburbs outside if Damascus and most of the Israeli ordnance was intercepted.
 
SA-5 has a really long range for SAM so it would be plausible that one would make it Dimona if it went haywire.
 
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