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Originally Posted by _Richard_
not sure how much you have read about this, but any naval attack from the persian gulf is going to go down bad.. the iranians have a 'official' amount of 60 of these missiles, but i have heard rumours of 200+ with more being mass produced
they have been buying weapons and preparing for a war with us since the 88s when one of your cruisers illegal went into their waters and shot down a passenger jet
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MMMMMMMMMM.....You don't know much about the Iranian navy or air force, do you? Roughly 25% of the air force is operable at any given time and only around 40% of their ships. The Iranian navy is concentrated in about three bases, all of which would be taken out from the air along with the air force well before any sea-to-land operation began. Once Kargh Island is flattened, effectively there is no more Iranian Navy. The country has fewer than 100 airports, including mmilitary bases, all of which could be neutralized in a series of air strikes from Whiteman AFB.
An operation to completely eliminate the power of Iran to wage nuclear or conventional war would last less than three weeks and would not necessitate the landing of a single troop.
Sally.