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50. I think you have to look at the logistics

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 10:08 AM

Feb 2012

I think you have to look at the logistics; in order to attach Iran you will need to send multiple fighter/bomber sorties as there are more then one target. Targets in Iran are going to be outside of fighter range, so you will need KC tankers for refueling. The tankers would need fighter cover as they would be in potentially hostile airspace. Finally, there is the Iranian missile defense systems going in country and going out. No Arab country could give consent on the sly or claim ignorance after the fact.

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