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Iran can speak or bomb its weapons and facilities. Iran has gone too far to make a bomb weapon-grade nuclear fuel in less than a week, and more.
The fleet of two aircraft carriers and a B-2 stealth bomber pointed directly at Iran. We have never seen such a large forward deployment of the B-2 bomber.
Do these options really include a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities? “Of course,” President Donald J. Trump said on Monday.
Trump says Iran must abandon the “concept of nuclear weapons” before more negotiations
What has changed is that the campaign to attack Iran’s nuclear weapons production is no longer far-fetched. Frankly, last year’s attacks on Iranian air defense by Israeli F-35 and other aircraft reduced political and military calculus risks. With General Daniel Caine recently as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Trump has a new senior military adviser who has extensive experience in planning and performing precise air strikes.
Not that he wanted to join the war; Trump was proven to be cautious and calculated in his first term, and he was cautious in using military power. But Iran cannot be allowed to build nuclear weapons at all, and this moment is here. Iran’s former secretary of state Antony Blinken said last summer that Iran could put enough fuel in a week. According to an analysis of the latest UN inspection report in February, Iran can enrich up to 17 bombs in four months. Then it takes about six months to assemble and dispatch weapons. Most nuclear weapons design tests are performed by computers, and who knows if Russia can help.
Trump said on April 9: “If military is needed, we will be military.”
Currently, Iran is on the dining table and plans to hold more talks in Rome on April 19. To keep the negotiations going, a large part of Trump’s strategy is to deploy the U.S. central government to command the forces needed to defeat Iran’s nuclear weapons manufacturing capabilities. The military calls this a “sovereign choice” because Trump does not need permission from other countries to strike aircraft carriers and bombers.
This is a way the battle plan can be unfolded.
Israel opens airspace.
During the October 2024 strike, Israel launched more than 100 combat aircraft to attack approximately 20 target areas in Iran, including air defense and missile and drone factories. The attack on Iran’s “Denak” will see again Israel focused on destroying air defenses.
The aircraft carrier occupies the sky.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman and Carl Vinson Already in the Arabian Gulf region. Yes, they are launching a steady movement against Houthis in Yemen, but I assure you that they can turn their attention to Iran at any time. If this happens, the E-2 radar aircraft in the carrier will add intelligence and surveillance pictures, while the F-35 and F/A-18 fighters as well as the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare opportunities increase offensive capabilities.
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers hits nuclear manufacturing site.
Iran’s weapons complex is located underground, so it takes a lot of rubble to weaken it. Enter the B-2 stealth bomber, which has a 30,000-pound weapon. Large-scale ordnance penetrators fuse into the earth and concrete and then detonate and explode in Iranian underground facilities. This is why the massive forward deployment of the B-2 is so important. On the first night of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, three B-2 bombers flew around Diego Garcia’s Indian Ocean Island base, as the three flew around from Whiteman AFB in Missouri to attack Baghdad. Now, Trump has sent six B-2 bombers to Diego Garcia, indicating that there must be a intensive, repeated strike plan when necessary.
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US Navy Destroyer Protect the sky from missiles and drones.
The United States still has troops stationed in other forward positions around Iraq, Syria and the Persian Gulf and must protect them from retaliation from missiles and drones. The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyers armed with a range of standard missiles, did a great job last year and they will be ready to shoot these shots again to defend the U.S. forces.
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Remember that the purpose of the U.S. strike was to reduce Iran’s nuclear facilities, and Stoke Ayatollah Khamenei’s fear of regime stability. Iranian President Mahmoud Pezeshkian said he hopes to engage in nuclear negotiations – not to say it is easy, especially if China keeps buying 90% of Iran’s oil.
It has been nearly a decade since Iran’s flawed nuclear deal was touted as a way to stop Iran from making nuclear weapons. This time will be a balance for the US military, hoping to quickly end Iran’s nuclear ambitions on diplomacy, if needed.
