Falcon29
Elite Member
The bad news is Israel with more limited refueling capacity was able to sustain strikes throughout each day, on a more limited scale compared to US.That being said if they do attack -- they're going to hit around 1,000 or more targets in the first day or days. Which seems like a lot, it is. Wouldn't be good for IRGC and Iranian military but in context of Iran's size, it is not that massive as a shock and awe operation. But would rapidly weaken Iran.
If Israel is involved in opening strikes it can be even more than that.
Then it would go down to around 300-500 targets a day for a few weeks then 100-200 a day.
US would not target families of IRGC members. I don't think so. They did with ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Libya, but if they are going for regime change they want to flip positions of those in power and would make sense to not target Iranian civilian population. Iran is too large to go after civilian families, imo.
They are however going to target many sites around the whole nation. Especially around coast area.
It's unlikely to be limited if Trump approves strikes.
Iran's success depends on how long it can hold out for and keep delivering retaliatory strikes even if smaller scale but ability to keep inflicting damage.
US military strategists are taking that into account and likely trying to deliver strong decipation packages to limit Iran's ability to lash out afterwards.....
I don't know how well fortified/protected Iran's weapons systems are. But the hesitation by the US makes me think they don't like the state of alert Iran is in and aren't quite finding conditions suitable for their decipation strike package ....
They definitely can see some Iranian leadership that's not what's causing the delay. It's probably the weapons systems that are well enough protected giving Iran relatively extensive retailatory capabilities
US seemed to do a test dry run in Yemen for this. Nothing close to their maximum capacities. They did not want to hurt Yemeni people either due to sensitive situation and famine in Yemen. It was more about international trade and insurance rates on international shipping.
US doesn't need to show off new weapons systems. I think they're already using some stuff in Ukraine to send messages to Russia. China would not invade Taiwan at this point. Unless US is trying to send a warning message to China, they won't go all out on Iranian people.
If US wants to put on a show they would be more fit to strike Israeli nuclear program and military and free the world from the Jewish Messaniac terrorist freaks . Then I would be impressed with their capabilities...







