WASHINGTON - An Israeli airstrike on Iranian nuclear sites would be a "huge and highly complex" undertaking, US media reported Monday, citing defense officials and military analysts close to the Pentagon. The New York Times reported that to launch a stri

WASHINGTON - Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,600km across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en-route, fight off Iran's air defences and attack multiple underground sites simultaneously. And u

Israel would need at least 100 planes if it were to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, top former military analysts said Monday. Speaking to the New York Times , Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula said the operation to simultaneously attack multiple sites in Iran

Tel Aviv, Feb 20: Israel will need at least 100 fighter planes to strike Iran, a media report said Monday. Israeli forces will also have to fly over 1,000 miles above unfriendly airspace should it decide to attack Iran, the Haaretz daily said citing a re

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Israel will need to use at least 100 planes and fly more than 1,000 miles above unfriendly airspace should it decide to attack Iran, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing the assessment of U.S. defense officials close to the Pentagon. According t

WASHINGTON — Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,000 miles across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en route, fight off Iran's air defenses, attack multiple underground sites simultaneously — and

WASHINGTON — U.S. defense officials and military analysts close to the Pentagon say an Israeli attack meant to set back Iran's nuclear program would be a huge and highly complex operation. They describe it as far different from Israel's "surgical" strike

WASHINGTON — Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,000 miles across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en route, fight off Iran's air defenses, attack multiple underground sites simultaneously and u

Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,000 miles across unfri

Amid reports that Syria is devolving ever faster toward a civil war, retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden says, “It’s hard to imagine how it could be worse.” Hayden’s comment on CNN’s “State of the Union” today came just hours after reports that Sy

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It's "hard to imagine how it could be worse" in Syria right now, retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden said Sunday. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won't stop using his forces against his own people and an armed revolt against his government offers no i

Iran, with its fiery military rhetoric, doesn't pose imminent threat to U.S. security, despite its accelerating nuclear program and increasingly anti-United States and anti-Irsael stances, a former CIA director said on Sunday. “There’s a lot of puffery a

Iran put up an increasingly aggressive front this week, threatening to cut off oil sales to Europe and posturing over the progress of its nuclear program, as well as drawing blame for assassination attempts on Israelis. The actions suggested that sanctio

This Sunday on “State of the Union”- Ron Paul has yet to win a GOP primary contest and is last in the delegate count. Is this a working long-term strategy? We’ll ask him. Then, with swirling rumors about the possibility of a “brokered convention” in Augu

James R. Clapper told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that “an Israeli bombing attack might only set back Iran's nuclear development program by one to two years,” indicating that viable military options are far more limited than Israeli l

Guests from political circles included Karl Rove, Al Gore, Rahm Emanuel, former CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden and Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to people familiar with the matter. Corporate titans in a

A Israeli bombing attack might set back Iran's nuclear development program by one to two years, the top US intelligence official has told a Senate committee, indicating that viable military options are far more limited than Israeli leaders have suggested