Iran steps up training of Hamas retaliation force

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Middle East, Confrontation, Future War, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hamas Gunmen, Iran, Israel, Jewish State, Nuclear Facilities, Retaliation, Security Official, tehran

Iran has increased exponentially its training of Hamas gunmen both in the Gaza Strip and abroad, a senior Egyptian security official told WND.
The official said Iran believes there will be a confrontation with Israel this year over Tehran’s nuclear facilities and has thus stepped up training of Hamas, whose gunmen will be instrumental in carrying [...]

Rand: 400,000 troops needed to secure N. Korea and its ‘loose nukes’

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Address, Brigades, Collapse, Defense Establishment, Estimates, Exact Number, Korean Defense, Lead, Lind, Loose Nukes, North-Korea, Nuclear Facilities, Paramount, Prevention, Raft, Rand, Regime, Vacuum

Lind offers specific estimates of what it would take to seize North Korea’s nuclear facilities and disarm the entire North Korean defense establishment as if the collapse of the North Korean regime were almost certain and the U.S. had to lead the charge to fill the vacuum. The study offers a raft of figures on [...]

Israel Bolsters KC-707 Refueling Fleet | AVIATION WEEK

Posted by Matt in January 14th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Israel, Aviation Week, Conflict, Fleet Week, Iran, Israel, Israeli Air Force, Nuclear Facilities, Teheran

With the threat of a conflict with Iran looming, the Israeli air force has augmented its fleet of KC-707 (“Re’em”) aerial refueling aircraft with an eighth tanker, bolstering the strike capacity the country would have if it tries to undertake a raid on Teheran’s nuclear facilities.
Israel Bolsters KC-707 Refueling Fleet | AVIATION WEEK

Doomsday clock to change this week – msnbc.com

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Anyone With Internet Access, Barack Obama, Biological Attack, Bulletin Of Atomic Scientists, Chemical And Biological Weapons, Dangerous Threats, Doomsday, Doomsday Clock, Europeans, Free Peoples, Hitler And The Nazis, Israeli Cities, Lebanon Syria, Minutes To Midnight, Missiles, Msnbc, North-Korea, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Risks, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Paying Attention, Safer Place, South-Korea, Warmonger, Winston Churchill

The nutty scientists at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists are going to change their useless doomsday clock. First of all, I would only trust the logic of these scientists for about as far as I could throw them, which is not far. Secondly, their doomsday clock is just about useless. It’s been 5 minutes to [...]

How Safe Is a World Without the Bomb? – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 5th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Nuclear, Abolition, Bomb, bombs, Delivery Systems, Emergency Communications, Enemies, Hair Trigger, Half A Dozen, Mobilization, Nuclear Crisis, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Genie, Nuclear Powers, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Practice Drills, Scratch, Temptation, Transition Period, world-war-II

A world without nuclear weapons will be a disaster as countries position themselves to quickly build bombs in order to preemptively strike their enemies. But it’s actually worse than that. The transition period to the abolition of nuclear weapons will be extremely dangerous due to the temptation to preemptively strike.
After all, he notes, under abolition, [...]

Israelis ponder the perils of hitting Iran – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in December 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Emptive Strikes, Firepower, Iran, Israel, Israeli Commentators, Israelis, Knockout Blow, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Weapons, Perils, Retaliation, Upi

Amid mounting concern that Israel may unleash pre-emptive strikes against Iran to attack its nuclear facilities, some Israeli commentators are preaching restraint.
They warn that Israel does not have the firepower to deliver a knockout blow to Iran’s perceived drive for nuclear weapons and faces a potentially withering Iranian retaliation the likes of which they have [...]

Israel to outfit all residents with gas masks

Posted by Matt in December 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Israel, Biological Weapons, Chemical Warfare, ChemicalAttack, Gas Masks, GasMasks, Iran, Israel, Israel Population, Israeli Government, Launch, Middle East, Nuclear Facilities, Population Distribution, Weapons Capability

Israel is to outfit its entire population with gas masks.
The distribution will commence in two months.
No reason has been given by the Israeli government for providing its residents with gas masks.
There has been no indication from any country that it is planning to attack Israel, nor is any country in the [...]

DEBKAfile – Obama gives Iran another year’s grace for nuclear dialogue

Posted by Matt in December 19th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Debkafile, Dialogue, diplomacy, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israeli Prime Minister, Military Action, Nuclear Facilities, Obama, Patience, Running, sanctions, Six Months, Smokescreen, Washington Sources, White House

It looks like Israel will not attack Iran until at least mid-2010 based on a promise by Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
DEBKAfile’s Washington sources disclose Saturday, Dec. 19 that official US warnings that Washington’s patience is running out and tough sanctions are imminent are no more than a smokescreen for three major steps embarked on [...]

Russia to have Bushehr nuclear site ready by Iran new year

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in Iran, Israel, Bomb, Iran New Year, Iran Nuclear, Iranian New Year, Israel, Israel Nuclear, Israeli Attack, Lot, New Year, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Power Station, Radioactive Particles, Reuters, Russia Plans, Second Half

The start up date for the Bushehr nuclear site seems to represent a cut-off date for an Israeli attack. Israel would like to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities without showering the entire Gulf with radioactive particles. Therefore, an attack before the Bushehr start up would be desirable.

Russia plans to start up Iran’s first nuclear power station [...]

Binyamin Netanyahu must decide whether to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities – Times Online

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Career, Conflagration, Deserts, Difficult Decision, Iran Nuclear, Iran Online, Israeli Experts, Israeli Prime Minister, Launch, Military Strike, Mountains, Multitude, Nuclear Facilities, Point Of No Return, Radioactive Cloud, Reactor, Risk, Six Months

The moment is fast approaching when Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, may have to make the most difficult decision of his career — whether to launch a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities and risk triggering a conflagration that could spread across the Middle East.
Israeli experts believe the point of no return may be [...]