People are starting to get fed up with Israel's behavior and our administration is picking up on that. Israel had carte-blanche for far too long and abused it horribly. And no, I'm not talking about the flotilla nonsense, that was just the lastest and most public example of a several-year trend.
People are starting to get fed up with Israel's behavior and our administration is picking up on that. Israel had carte-blanche for far too long and abused it horribly. And no, I'm not talking about the flotilla nonsense, that was just the lastest and most public example of a several-year trend.
The Saudi's might, but would Obama allow it? Or would he order US Aircraft to intercept them?
The distance is a problem that was already solved.
During operation Cast Lead (AKA, 2009 Gaza war) Israel has sent jets all the way to Sudan to bomb a convoy that was smuggling weapons to Hamas in Gaza.
The length between Israel and Sudan and Israel and Iran is pretty close.
That would depend on whether you believe the messiah to be Muslim or whether you believe him to be Christian.
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites - Times Online
If true, this is not the first time Saudi Arabia offers its airspace for an attack on Iran:
Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran - Times Online
Earlier Saturday, the Times reported that Saudi Arabia has practiced standing down its anti-aircraft systems to allow Israeli warplanes passage on their way to attack Iran's nuclear installations, adding that the Saudis have allocated a narrow corridor of airspace in the north of the country.
Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, the Saudi envoy to the U.K. speaking to the London-based Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat, denied that report, saying such a move "would be against the policy adopted and followed by the Kingdom."
According to Asharq al-Awsat report, bin Nawaf reiterated the Saudi Arabia's rejection of any violation of its territories or airspace, adding that it would be "illogical to allow the Israeli occupying force, with whom Saudi Arabia has no relations whatsoever, to use its land and airspace."
Israel has no peace treaty with Syria, there is basically no Syrian aircraft presence on the northern border, and Israel's EW capabilities could in all likelihood render the Syrian air defense network useless without actually firing a shot.
Of course if Israel wanted to as well, they could bag an air raid all together and launch a ballistic missile attack with the Jericho III, and avoid political liabilities from the use of air space, but possibily end up with a less certain outcome in terms of site destruction.
Flying over Syrian isn't possible. Israel may have a better airforce, but they still couldn't expect to fight their way through Syrian airspace without expending fuel or munitions, attack targets in Iran, than fight all the way back to home. Tanker aircraft required for such a mission would be sitting ducks over Syrian air space.
Jericho missiles have an estimated payload of around 2500 pounds, which is unlikely to be enough to destroy Iran's hardened facilities without a nuclear warhead.
They couldn't expect to fight their way through Syrian airspace because there shouldn't be any fight.Flying over Syrian isn't possible. Israel may have a better airforce, but they still couldn't expect to fight their way through Syrian airspace without expending fuel or munitions, attack targets in Iran, than fight all the way back to home. Tanker aircraft required for such a mission would be sitting ducks over Syrian air space.
EW is not some Star Trek cloaking ability. It gets overrated by a lot by people whop do not understand it. There are a number of ways to find aircraft despite EW.
^ thisI would be willing to bet that the Times article is the truth and that the Saudis want to look publicly like they are not supporting the Jew in any way. The Haaretz article is probably what they want out there publicly but someone who was suppose to keep quiet opened there mouth. I also wouldnt think the Israelis would want the Iranians to know whether they had flyover permission either so as to not let the Iranians know where the hell the attack is coming from.
They won't have to "fight their way through Syrian airspace." As I pointed out, Israel's EW capability, added to the complete lack of Syrian aircraft on the Northern border would effectively mean Israel could fly over Syria without even being spotted by Syrian air defense systems.
Depends on the site, and you have to understand that you can serevely cripple a site without actually destroying it, which still completes your goal of delaying a nuclear Iran.
In terms of refueling, there are multiple options to extend the range (by quite a bit) of the F-15E without the use of a refueling tanker.
All of this ignores however, that Syria would most likely not even spot an Israel tanker if Israel conducted the mission properly.
I would guess because the Saudis are used to being the top dog in the Middle East and in recent years Iran has tried to challenge them.
Perhaps it's because Iran is trying to take over all of the Arabian peninsula through the use of terrorism and infiltration by Hezbollah. Ask Lebanon.
They couldn't expect to fight their way through Syrian airspace because there shouldn't be any fight.
There was no fight in 2008 when Israeli jets have taken out the Syrian nuclear reactor.
EW is not a cloaking device. Its possible for Israel to avoid detection by using terrain following flight and a small number of aircraft. However, they cannot fly at cruising altitude with a large fleet and a tanker aircraft. The distances involve require a range optimized flight path making stealth nearly impossible. Even hypothetically assuming they made it across undetected, they would give away their presence once they attacked Iran, making it unavoidable they would be attacked on the way back.
With a seriously hardened site, like a facility inside a mountain, you aren't going to do even minimal damage.
Like what? You can either carry more fuel with external tanks or with a tanker aircraft, but that is it.
True, but that is because Israel wouldn't fly over Syria if they were conducting the mission properly.
Israel managed to perform a single strike on one unreinforced base using 8 aircraft. That is not comparable to flying across the entire nation at cruising altitude carrying bunker busting munitions, attacking bases in Iran, and then coming back.
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