American Plan for War with Iran Outlined in This Influential Think-tank Paper

Military Watch Editorial Staff

October 6, 2024

In the aftermath of a major Iranian missile strike on Israeli military and intelligence facilities on October 1, which was launched in retaliation for an Israeli air strike on Tehran on July 31, Israeli and Western sources have increasingly indicated that a new much larger Israeli attack on Iran is expected to occur imminently. Israeli officials have stated that strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, oil production facilities and the communications and banking sectors are being considered, as are "targeted assassinations" of key figures in the country’s leadership, with one senior security official having directly threatened the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Any such attack is expected to be supported by Western countries with military presences in the region, most notably the United States, with Western support having been key ensuring that Israel is sufficiently well armed, that its aviation assets have sufficiently high availability rates, and that it maintains high level access to intelligence using Western satellite and other assets. 

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