The Case for Invading Iran

[Ani_Ibi]

Not Just A Last Resort?
A Global Strike Plan, With a Nuclear Option

CONPLAN 8022 is different from other war plans in that it posits a small-scale operation and no “boots on the ground.” The typical war plan encompasses an amalgam of forces – air, ground, sea – and takes into account the logistics and political dimensions needed to sustain those forces in protracted operations. All these elements generally require significant lead time to be effective. (Existing Pentagon war plans, developed for specific regions or “theaters,” are essentially defensive responses to invasions or attacks. The global strike plan is offensive, triggered by the perception of an imminent threat and carried out by presidential order.)

CONPLAN 8022 anticipates two different scenarios. The first is a response to a specific and imminent nuclear threat, say in North Korea. A quick-reaction, highly choreographed strike would combine p(name removed by moderator)oint bombing with electronic warfare and cyberattacks to disable a North Korean response, with commandos operating deep in enemy territory, perhaps even to take possession of the nuclear device…

The second scenario involves a more generic attack on an adversary’s WMD infrastructure. Assume, for argument’s sake, that Iran announces it is mounting a crash program to build a nuclear weapon. A multidimensional bombing (kinetic) and cyberwarfare (non-kinetic) attack might seek to destroy Iran’s program, and special forces would be deployed to disable or isolate underground facilities.
By employing all of the tricks in the U.S. arsenal to immobilize an enemy country – turning off the electricity, jamming and spoofing radars and communications, penetrating computer networks and garbling electronic commands – global strike magnifies the impact of bombing by eliminating the need to physically destroy targets that have been disabled by other means.

The inclusion, therefore, of a nuclear weapons option in CONPLAN 8022 – a specially configured earth-penetrating bomb to destroy deeply buried facilities, if any exist – is particularly disconcerting. The global strike plan holds the nuclear option in reserve if intelligence suggests an “imminent” launch of an enemy nuclear strike on the United States or if there is a need to destroy hard-to-reach targets.

 

[Ani_Ibi]

Darrel:

From what I understand we realy don’t have great intel on the location of there sites.

We don’t need to know where they are to stop the Iranians from using them. We need only to shut down the Iranian communications systems which in turn shut down its infrastructure. That will stop missiles from leaving their silos. Couple this with ‘closing’ its borders. That will take care of most of the suicide bombers attempting to leave with mini-nukes.

Darrel:

So a full blown reduction of there military

Reduction of their military? Not sure I follow you. Could you explain? Thank you.

Darrel:

and feet on the ground may be required to do this along

Once communications are shut down, likely special forces will be sent in to find the silos and destroy them. As for the well-trained Iranian military: remember the New Orleans police without battery power for cell phones?

Darrel:

with removal of the leaders who aspire to the nuclear position.

The leaders will embed themselves in civilian populations. The decision to take collateral damage will only occur after diplomatic warnings.

Darrel:

I hope it’s as simple as a few stealth bombers but I think they have some serious research sites hidden out there.

Word has it that the silos go deep and the only things that will rout them out are nuclear bunker busters.

 

[Darrel]

Ani Ibi:

Could you edit this so that we can read it? It formatted itself into a bit of a jumble. Thank you. :tiphat:

Gave it a shot but I’m not talented with this sort of thing. Maybe someone else can align it up.

-D

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[Ani_Ibi]

Darrel:

Gave it a shot but I’m not talented with this sort of thing. Maybe someone else can align it up.

Here ya go:

Yearly Military Expense
Israel $9.11 Billion
Iran $4.3 Billion

% of GNP
Israel 8.7%
Iran 3.3%

Min. Enlist Age
Israel 18
Iran 21

Available Manpower
Israel 1,581,883 (Men) 1,532,234 (Women) - Both sexes are liable for military service.
Iran 20,937,348

Active Military
Israel 130,000 + 400,000 trained reserves
Iran 325,000

Frontline Personnel
Israel 130,000
Iran 240,000

Aircraft
Israel 1,230
Iran 954

Armor
Israel 14,200
Iran 2,380

Artillery
Israel 2,783
Iran 4,594

Missile Defense
Israel 3,153
Iran 1,760

Infantry Support
Israel 7,520
Iran 12,500