Re: Did the US Nuke Syria?
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I'm leaning toward MOAB, too. Al-Jazeera may be half right.
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No way in hell we fly a 130 in on a surreptitious first strike, with Syrian Air defense and radar capabilities at full functionality.
*IF* a situation like this were to happen, it would most certainly be a b2 stealth.....but if you assume the fighter escorts are true, then it either had to be a daytime run, or possibly an f-16 with a heavy bag.
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I like your heavy bag theory.
Assume for the moment, though, that we leave the US out of the equation. The Isreali's have C-130's, too. They can buy a MOAB with that 20 Billion Dollar fund the US Government gives them every year. They are certainly confident enough against the syrian air force to use fighters to dominate the sky while they fly a slow mover in to deliver the package.
With the heavy bag Scenario, an f-16 could carry tactical nuke. In fact, it was designed with that in mind. It can deliver it using a lob manueaver, similar to the way you lob a football. Isreal has F-16's and tactical nukes as well.
I think they are hard core enough for either scenario.
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