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Really? Haven't heard anything about this. A nuclear disarming strike against a country of 80 million is a very, very bold move in an environment with multiple hostile great powers. I wouldn't think Trump has the balls for something so risky, no matter how many Zionists are jabbering in his ear.
Gigachad endorsed but probably not the wisest strategy, all things considered.
The problem is a lot of the nuclear facilities are so deep underground even the largest conventional bunker busters wouldn’t be able to touch them. It’s like NORAD, bored into the side of a mountain. If you’re going for a clean sweep, nuclear might be your only option.
They’re not only deep underground though, they’re also very widely distributed. Even the Israelis have low key accepted that Iran’s going to get the bomb if they don’t already have it.
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It seems provocative and unnecessary though. Iran hasn't tested a nuke yet though who knows if they have some stashed away, nukes that could make there way back to the US one way or another, perhaps by truck. If Iran does develop nuclear capabilities that's bad news for Israel. But Iran has nuclear capabilities of some level, as does Pakistan. Yet nobody's nuked eachother. India and Pakistan fought many wars prior to acquiring nuclear weapons, now they don't fight much at all.
While a nuclear disarming strike can make sense for top-level world-domination affairs, why go to such an effort for Israel?
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