Whether or not Iran is justified in possessing a nuclear weapon is behind the point. At this stage, each country which fields nuclear weapons should dismatle such arsenals to prevent the type of situation presently ongoing in the Iran. Remember what happened when India announced to the world they had manufactured a nuclear weapon. Pakistan had immediately retaliated by making similar claims and Asia was plunged into an uncertainty as to its future as relations between these two countries were, at the time, rather cold.
Should the international community allow such nations as Israel and Iran field such devastating tools of war, I personally don’t think so. But if that’s the case, then government such France, Great Britain, Russia and the United States should lead the way in getting rid of these monstruosities. Otherwise, Chirac, Blair and Bush are simple hypocrits!
India had first tested nukes way back in the early 70s and had nukes in its arsenal in the 80s, probably only air deliverable. Pakistan too probably received tech transfer in the 80s from the Chinese and probably had an arsenal as well.
As far as a limited air war over Iran, we may think that the Irani AF is in bad shape especially compared to the IAF but at such a distance form home base and with ample warning time, Iran could possibly put enough of a defense to thwart any attack, if they even have one division guarding each installation, how are a few commandoes going to do the rough work? The plan sounds like a crazy made up story to me, the best strategy would be a limited Israeli missile strike from the air and sea especially.
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