Guest Post By By J. Michael Springmann at Global Research. Reposted with permission.
No! Yes! It is 1,619 miles (2,606 km.) from the Arabian Sea to Tehran. The range from the Mediterranean Sea to Tehran is 1,762 miles (2,835 km). So, if his Bathtub Boats in his remarkably small Great Armada want to attack the capital (or anywhere else in the Islamic Republic), they will have problems.
Shipboard fighters and attack aircraft have short legs. Because they must sustain essentially controlled crashes from flying speed, brought down only by the tailhook and arresting wire, they must be heavied up. Robust landing gear and folding wings have a weight penalty that costs fuel. They need to slow down for mid-air refueling, making them easy targets for anti-aircraft defenses.
Here are some numbers:
- F/A 18 Super Hornet: Combat Radius—729 miles or 1,173 km (carrying only two air to air missiles; less if armed with more munitions)
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- F-35: Combat Radius—600 miles or 965 km. (Less if you load on internal and external munitions)
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Even if what some people call Cheeto Jesus were to order his toy boats to sail up to the shores of Iran, his pitifully small Great Armada couldn’t reach Tehran—without mid-air refueling. Moreover, if he wanted to hit Natanz with its non-existent atomic bombs, his nautical flyboys would have to top up their tanks. Natanz is 1,470 miles (2,366 km) from the Arabian Sea.
Navy Numbers
So how far offshore should his “mighty” aircraft carriers and Arleigh Burke class guided missiles destroyers stand? The latest Tomahawk cruise missile has a 1,500-mile (2,214 km) range. So even the missile ships would need to become amphibious to hit major cities. Same for the “beautiful” aircraft carriers.
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And What About Iran’s Missiles?
You know, the ones that Bibi Satanyahu doesn’t want. They range from those that fly only 186 miles (300 km) to 1,367 miles (2,200 km). It’s Mach 15 hypersonic missile has a 1,243-mile (2,000 km) reach. It can carry multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) warheads of up to 3,968 pounds (1,800kg). These missiles are maneuverable! (I was told that when I visited Tehran three years ago and got a guided tour of its Air and Space Exhibit.)
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Iranian Air and Space Exhibit (Photo J. Michael Springmann)
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Retired Army officers, such as Douglas MacGregor, have stated on YouTube that it takes roughly two to three defensive missiles to down an incoming anti-ship weapon. Does Trump’s Great Armada carry enough to ward off a flood of drones and missiles? Remember how the Ansarullah drove the US Navy out of the Red Sea? Their few anti-ship weapons overwhelmed the American defenses, after repeatedly forcing their warships to return to port and re-supply. The Islamic Republic hasn’t concentrated its defensive missiles in the north. They are spread all over the country. If there is any concentration, it’s along the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.
If Trump, his controllers/advisors, his General Staff, and Navy attack Iran, the butcher’s bill should be staggering.
Even if the Great Armada is merely a ploy, a diversionary smokescreen, and the fools use the Air Force with high altitude bombers from the US or Diego Garcia, the Indian Ocean flyspeck from which the British removed all the inhabitants, Iran will slam the Apartheid Entity and the American bases surrounding the Islamic Republic. There will be blood.
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Finally, Iran will be able be able to close off the exit from the Persian Gulf, the Straits of Hormuz, permanently or temporarily. What will that do to the 20%-30%m of the oil that flows through them? And to the price of gasoline used in America’s gas guzzling SUVs?
Trump’s popularity will fall lower than it has ever been if he attacks or, especially, if he does not attack, after all his hot air and the biased, senseless support of the US “news” media.
Israel delenda est.
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J. Michael Springmann is an attorney, author, political commentator, and former diplomat, with postings to Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia. He previously authored, Visas for Al Qaeda: CIA Handouts That Rocked the World: An Insider’s View, recounting how the U.S. created and used Islamic Terrorism. Additionally, he penned Goodbye, Europe? Hello, Chaos? Merkel’s Migrant Bomb, an analysis of the alien wave sweeping the Continent. He currently practices law in the Washington D.C. Area. He is a frequent commentator on Arab and Russian news programs.
He is also on the Ukraine’s “Enemies List”, having questioned, inter alia, the country’s refusal to honor the Minsk Accords and for stating that its government is Nazified.
All images in this article are from the author
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