On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:19:06 -0500, Stop SPAM wrote:
I assume a similiar strike today would be more difficult given longer
distances, better air defenses and perhaps more widely dispersed nuclear
development sites instead of a single reactor.

Just refuel over eyerack and fly in.

The range is not an issue. Worse comes to worse, just fly a one way
bombing mission and ditch in the sea. Get picked up by a waiting boat. A
few planes can be sacrificed no problem. The only impediment is that the
element of surprise (unlike osirak) is not there as eyeran is
expecting/prepared for an attack.

The above is not the main issue though.

The biggest issue is that eyeran is working hard towards indigenization
of the knowledge it takes to build an atomnaja bomba from scratch - from
mining the ore to production. Anything destroyed can be replaced in time
by the country's own effort. Thus besides making the population very
angry, the only thing bombing would accomplish is slow things down, not
prevent it.

At least that is what I think is the situation. Am I wrong?