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You're assuming air superiority and long loiter time over the targe

Attacking a deeply entrenched hardened target by successive bombing assumes air superiority and a long loiter time over the target. The Israeli Air Force will have neither if/when they go after the Iranian nukes. The Israelis will have to do aerial refueling simply to get to the targets. The Command, Control and Communications will be very difficult for the Israelis. I suspect the best the Israelis could do is go in fast with a surprise attack, drop one set of bunker busters and then flee back to Israel before the Iranians respond. That won't be enough. The facilities will survive and the Iranian people will rally around the mullahs in reaction to a surprise attack by a hated foreign power.

Gary

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