The assassination in Beirut of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah would be a new bait for Israel to involve Iran in the escalation of war and start its destabilization with help from the US.

But following its proverbial prudence, Iran has finally responded with a targeted attack on Israeli military bases using more than 200 ballistic missiles. However, the US and Israel seek to start a new regional war in the Middle East with the dual objective of drying up China’s energy sources and subsequently, designing the cartography of the new Greater East. So Israel and the US would be considering launching a “serious and imminent” response to the Iranian attack.

Israel could use the Jericho III missile as it is the highest operating range of all Israel and the only one with the ability to reach Iran because it is estimated that it could reach 6,500km and would be compatible with nearly half a hundred nuclear warheads.

Does Israel Consider Using a Thermonuclear Bomb?

Gravity bombs are bombs that are dropped from nuclear-capable aircraft and probes and weapons of mass destruction because, unlike neutron bombs, they cannot be used without indiscriminately killing civilians and destroying critical infrastructure. Israel, after acquiring the last 25 units from the United States in June for a cost of 3,000 million euros, would currently have an estimated fleet of 75 F-35, divided into three squads ready and equipped to transport the B61-12 bomb.

The US would also have provided Israel with B61-13 bombs with more capability against specially reinforced facilities such as control centers and underground strategic commands, as well as against military targets occupying large areas, Parchin, the centre of the Iranian military nuclear programme, the experimental reactors at Tehran, Bonab and Ramsar, and large installations such as Bushehr, Natanz, Isfahan and Ferdows.

Israel would also use the Jericho III missile as it is the highest-operating range of all Israel and the only one capable of reaching Iran, as it is estimated that it could reach 6,500km and would be compatible with nearly half a hundred nuclear warheads. According to Pentagon estimates, although the Iranian defenses would rely on Russian S-400 missile batteries, a combined attack of drones, missiles and aircraft could strike targets that include communications hub, energy infrastructure, military installations, airports and nuclear silos with the professed goal of leaving the Iranian army without a response capability.

However, the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guard, operating in the Persian Gulf could overcome the defenses of the US Fifth Fleet if they were launched as a swarm and to sow mines in the Strait of Hormuz with the aim of interrupting the flow of 20% of world oil exports, what could re-enact the 1973 Oil Crisis and the economic ruin of western countries as well as Latin America and Asia, leaving China and India gravitating in the Russian energy dependence.

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Germán Gorraiz López is a political analyst. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.

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