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The author of the article, an Israeli national security analyst, Ehud Elam, believes that deterrence will be required, whether or not the United States succeeds in getting Iran back to the deal.
He added: “Deterrence, based on strengthening Israel’s military capabilities, must be part of efforts to ensure that Iran does not attempt to produce a nuclear weapon.”
Elam believes that Israel can help with this deterrence, “especially since the United States wants to reduce its obligations in the Middle East. In some way, Israel can replace the United States to deter Iran. It will make it easier for the United States and Israel as well.” .
Elam says Israel needs the arsenal to deter Iran.
Elam noted that at the end of 2020, there was a bipartisan bill in the United States Congress aimed at supplying Israel with the MOP bomb, a giant bunker buster bomb capable of destroying Iran’s highly protected nuclear sites.
He continued, “Israel also needs B-52 bombers to carry that huge bomb. Knowing Israel’s ability to destroy its nuclear sites will deter Iran from trying to produce a nuclear weapon.”
Elam predicts that if Iran produces a nuclear weapon, “Israel will, in desperation, attack with its available arsenal, which may not be enough to destroy Iran’s highly protected sites.”
Elam sees what he described as Iran’s best fighters, such as the MiG-29 and F-14, as weapons that are “almost out of date and will not be identical to the top Israeli aircraft.”
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