- Sep 16, 2012
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From many of the source I have read over the past two decades, the Mossad is one of the best intel agencies on the planet.The distance is around 842 miles to Tehran. They do not have fly-over permission for Iraqi airspace. Their F35 attack planes (operational range a little over 1300 miles) do not even have the operational range for a 1684 mile round trip mission (and that is a direct flight at altitude, not coming in low where they evade radar before popping up and using even more fuel. Last time I checked, they didn't have sufficient air refuel capability to support a wing of their air force for a mission requiring that many planes for that duration. These considerations could still be affecting the decision. Just a guess, based on their aircraft, locations of the bases, the distances, flight times and how I would plan it.
Their ability to infiltrate just about any nation in the middle East, second to none.
In fact, the term, "Deep State," is a transplant to the U.S. from Turkey, because of the Israelis. . it originated there, among Turkish oligarchs and foreign infiltration of Turkey's institutions.
My point here, of course, is that if Israel wanted to plant a small nuclear device, it would not need to use any of those delivery methods. This is not 1960. It is the 21st century.
Let's be real. We both know, Israel does not want to go to war with either Iran or Turkey, w/o the US firmly on its side.
It has nothing to do with tactical concerns, and everything to do with strategic concerns.