So about the U.S.A. possibly attacking Iran on Friday...?

Question

There was a Russian intelligence leak that stated that the U.S. might. Do you think that the U.S. will? If yes, what do you think will come of it?

Answer 1

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2007/iran-070330-rianovosti01.htm

Official data says America's military presence in the region has reached the level of March 2003 when the U.S. invaded Iraq.

The U.S. has not excluded the military option in negotiations on Iran over its refusal to abandon its nuclear program. The UN Security Council passed a new resolution on Iran Saturday toughening economic sanctions against the country and accepting the possibility of a military solution to the crisis.

Russian Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov, vice president of the Academy of Geopolitical Sciences, said last week the Pentagon was planning to deliver a massive air strike on Iran's military infrastructure in the near future.

"I have no doubt there will be an operation, or rather an aggressive action against Iran," Ivashov said, commenting on media reports about U.S. planned operation against Iran, codenamed Operation Bite.

Military confrontation may be on the horizon.

In addition to the British frigate HMS Cornwall, there is a multi-national strike force in the Persian Gulf. Furthermore, there are British naval vessels stationed at the Diego Garcia atoll in the Indian ocean. The British Royal Navy may take action with its Special Boat Service (SBS) , the British Royal Navy's special forces unit. The service's motto is "By Strength and Guile". It forms part of the United Kingdom Special Forces, alongside the Special Air Service (SAS), Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR), and Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Boat_Service

Ready to assist are the American aircraft carrier strike group Bremerton-based aircraft carrier CVN-73 USS John C. Stennis (formerly in Indian Ocean), the American aircraft carrier strike group CVN-69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the French nuclear carrier Charles de Gaulle and its task force are all in close appoximation in the Persian Gulf. A 3rd carrier group, the CVN-68 USS Nimitz, may also be in the Persian Gulf soon as it was scheduled for its WESTPAC07 deployment to replace the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower which was deployed December 2006.
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3961
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/batgru-68.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070330/pl_afp/usmilitaryirannavy_070330160111;_ylt=Annlx2.rLEDDrJgz9RYaNIcUewgF
The US may have deployed 4 or 5 carrier groups in the Persian Gulf
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20070328/62741920.html
Hmmmmm
The big "E" CVN-65 Enterprise ready strike group
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/batgru-65.htm
Maybe CVN-76 Reagan was deployed
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/batgru-76.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm
Maybe CVN-72 Lincoln?
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/batgru-72.htm
Is CVN-77 Bush ready?
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cvn-77.htm

More details about military options can be found here:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iran-strikes.htm

On Tuesday, March 27, 2007, the two US strike groups, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Stennis, along with guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam, conducted military exercises in the Persian Gulf. The participants included 15 warships and more than 100 aircraft..

Each carrier carries an air wing of F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet fighter-bombers, EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft, S-3 Viking refueling and anti-submarine planes, and E-2C Hawkeye airborne command-and-control aircraft.

Also taking part were six guided-missile destroyers, the Anzio, Ramage, O'Kane, Mason, Preble and Nitze; the frigate Hawes; amphibious assault ships Boxer and Bataan; and the minesweepers Scout, Gladiator and Ardent.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-03/28/content_838185.htm

The Isfahan plant is above ground, but Natanz is more than 50ft below and would require either a tactical nuclear missile or a conventional bunker-buster bomb to destroy it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1753223,00.html.

Iran's Shahab-3 ballistic missiles are capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and can be detonated by a remote-control device while still in high-altitude flight as electromagnetic pulse weapons - even one of which could knock out America's critical electrical and technological infrastructure, effectively sending the continental U.S. back to the 19th century with a recovery time of months or years. Iran will have that capability – at least theoretically – as soon as it has one nuclear bomb ready to arm such a missile
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43956
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http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/printer_396.shtml
On November 2, 2006, Iran fired unarmed missiles to begin 10 days of military war games. Iranian state television reported "dozens of missiles were fired including Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 missiles. The missiles had ranges from 300 km to up to 2,000 km...Iranian experts have made some changes to Shahab-3 missiles installing cluster warheads in them with the capacity to carry 1,400 bombs." These launches come after some United States-led military exercises in the Persian Gulf on October 30, 2006, meant to train for blocking the transport of weapons of mass destruction

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/shahab-3.htm
Shahab-3, 3A / Zelzal-3

The Iranian Shahab-3 ballistic missile means Meteor-3 or Shooting Star-3 in Farsi [alternatively designated Zelzal (Earthquake)] is derived from the 1,350-1,600 kilometer range North Korean No-dong missile. The Shahab-3 reportedly has a range of between 1,350 and 1,600 kilometers and is capable of carrying a 1,000-760 kilogram warhead. Shahab-4 is credited with 1,240 miles (1,995 km.) Mr. Walpole " Iran's Defense minister announced the Shahab-4, originally calling it a more capable ballistic missile than the Shahab-3, but later categorizing it as a space launch vehicle with no military applications.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/shahab-4.htm
The Iranian Shahab-4 missile is believed to be a derivation of the 1,350-1,600 kilometer range North Korean No-dong -A missile delivering a 1,158 - 550 kilograms warhead and the follow on Taep’o-dong-1/Paekdosan-1 (TD-1) launch vehicle. In recent years the Iranian’s have indicated that the Space booster varient was having solid motor boosters added to the design originally considered among other unspecified design changes.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/missile.htm
IRIS 1 liquid / solid 3000 km 2005 Shahab 3D
X-55 LACM 1 jet engine 3,000 km 2001 12
Shahab-5 3 liquid 5,500 km 0
Shahab-6 3 liquid 10,000 km

Answer 2

well, first off, its probably bull. Secondly, Iran would never stand a chance and they know it. Do you know how big Iraqs armed services was before we took care of them? Sixth in the world. They absolutely blasted the Iranians two decades ago and killed nearly a million men. They dont have the army or the navy or the air force to compete. It would not be a contest. Their only hope is to try to embarrass the west into getting what they want. They want a nuke very badly to help make things more even.
Nobody in their right mind wants them to have that.
They better hope the US doesnt go in because it would not be pretty!!

Answer 3

LOL, no contest?! - Iran is much bigger than Iraq - no contest? We don't seem to be doing to well in Iraq after a few years. Iran can cut off a good chunk of the world's oil supply and probably sink some carriers with its shiny new missiles. On top of that, where's the money coming from to pay for a war?

Answer 4

america of a choose the middle jap countries to be in chaos, as there is not any severe opposition to them. iran is quite a stable skill on an identical time as the countries around iran are in turmoil, and the individuals don't like it so that they are looking motives to explode bases and kill scientists so as that there will be difficulty in iran too. whether there became a nuclear software, whats the issue, they arn't actually attacking all of us? individuals declare that by potential of having a nuclear software is 'agressive' in itself? what occurred to the reality they may well be using to for conceal? individuals could have as many bloody bombs as they like and no person says boo. ironic that the individuals are people who have been the only u . s . a . to drop a nuclear bomb on hiroshima. and its additionally ironic that they dictate to different countries what the do. oh and yet another factor, the individuals are sorting out nuclear bombs each and all the time, youtube it. arn't THEY the agressors, attacking and blowing up bases without hard info? as for the conflict on iraq etc, it became all pointless. they administration the media so the individuals arn't truly conscious of whats occurring interior the actual international. they concentration it on celebrities, wow, celebrities are so 'significant' lots better than the reality that lybians are being slaughtered. it in basic terms exhibits they don't care. they only choose to dominate. f**ok the NWO

Answer 5

If it's a ground attack, we'll be swamped. Iran is five times as big as Iraq and has three times as many people--and we don't have the troops to get the job done right in Iraq (not to mention Afghanistan). If we bomb them (and by the way, exactly what would we bomb--everybody and everything?), World War III begins with the U.S. against the entire Arab world. God save us all.

Answer 6

A Russian intelligence leak!? In that case, I say the possibility is next to nil.

Answer 7

I hope not, because we don't have the troop levels to do the job right. also the current administration has proven they aren't that good at planning wars. In fact the president when he was running for office the first time was woefully ignorant of the world outside of Texas.

Answer 8

If its from Russia then it wont happen.