Fox News reports that Donald Trump may consider using nuclear weapons to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility

The U.S. military has reservations regarding the success of using a bunker-buster bomb, a non nuclear weapon, to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, buried deep in a mountain. Two defense officials were reportedly briefed that only a tactical nuclear weapon could reach the facility.

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[+] 15 points 1 year ago (10 children)
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    The odds of a ICBM hitting are low if it comes via air, we'd see it coming and be able to intercept in many cases. It's the land based attacks, like smuggling a dirty bomb in or chemical weapons, that I worry about more.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The odds of a ICBM hitting are low if it comes via air...

    I'm curious to see what other ways you think an ICBM is going to get to the target.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I have some very bad news for you about our success intercepting missiles. We very much do not have a reliable defence against missiles. We regularly fail interception tests.

    https://breakingdefense.com/2022/02/no-us-missile-defense-system-proven-capable-against-realistic-icbm-threats-study/

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Yeah I was gonna say this, I have no idea why or how it came to be that people think an ICBM MIRV can be realistically or reliably intercepted.

    Some of them?

    Maybe, yeah, but... most of them? Hell no.

    EDIT: Oh, that commenter said they were stoned when they wrote that. I... guess that is an explanations of sorts.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I actually no longer trust that to be true with how many systems and programs were gutted. I suspect we probably dismantled our early warning systems.

    If thats not the case, I still question whether or not this administration would let a blue state get hit when they could prevent it just out of spite.

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