Military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities

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A unilateral or multilateral military strike to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities and capabilities.

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Link[1] Analyzing the Impact of Preventive Strikes Against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities

Author: Anthony H. Cordesman, Abdullah Toukan - Center for Strategic & International Studies
Publication info: September 4th, 2012
Cited by: David Price 11:31 PM 7 September 2012 GMT
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http://csis.org/files/publication/120906_Iran_US_Preventive_Strikes.pdf

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Over the past couple of months, speculation about a U.S. or Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities has made headlines around the globe. This report addresses how the U.S. could take the lead in carrying out a preventive Military Strike against Iran If all peaceful options have been exhausted and Iran has left no other means to convince it to stop or change its course in pursuing nuclear weapons . It also examines how the US could provide a defense umbrella against any Iranian air and missile retaliation that would be aimed at U.S. military targets and allies in the region, in particular the GCC states.

Link[2] Weighing Beneﬁts and Costs of Military Action Against Iran

Author: Brent Scowcroft, William Fallon, Chuck Hagel, Anthony Zinni, Thomas Pickering et al - A bipartisan group of former U.S. diplomats, generals and government officials.
Cited by: David Price 8:14 PM 13 September 2012 GMT
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http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IranReport_091112_ExecutiveSummary.pdf?mobile=nc

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At a time when debate on this critical issue is often driven by politics and based on unexamined assumptions about the ability of military action to achieve U.S. objectives, this paper seeks to provide a foundation for clear thinking about the potential use of force against Iran. The paper’s authors and signers, a bipartisan group of senior national security experts, recognize that this debate is part of a broader conversation about U.S. policy toward Iran. But we believe that it will be impossible to make a rational assessment of the role of military force in any overall Iran strategy, without ﬁrst carefully assessing the likely beneﬁts and costs of military action.

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