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[leftyg]

Foot: re:Iran....they are showing off their missles. OK, if I am planning the strike..this is how it goes.

1. We know their MIG's are old, their pilots poorly trained, and few MIG's able to fly for lack of parts.

2. There are two targets for the first waves of missles from the Navy ships, and the stealth bombers from Diego Garcia..plus the Israeli strikes flying eastward over Iraq.

(A) Take out the missle sites, or damage their capabilities (B) Take out the radar and communication systems. That might take 2 days and nights.

3. Place wave after wave of precision guided bunker buster bombs on target at the Iranian hardended sites. Let each bunker buster use the same penetration coordinates of the previous one, so that a progressively deeper hole is blown into the rock and concrete. This action on the dispersed locations may take up to a week of day and night strikes.

4. Ask them nicely after that is completed, to stop uranium enrichment and allow complete international inspections teams to verify their compliance.

The complete takeout of their nuclear capabilities can be done using conventional weapons..and indeed, it would be a mistake to open the Pandora's Box of nuclear weapons in the Middle East..imo.