After the decisive meeting-called Iran-Summit with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to Israel in a sea of leaks and statements about a possible attack on Iranian nuclear project.
"Now is the time to gather, digest and consider carefully what we have said the United States. Then decide," said the Israeli National Security Adviser, Yaacov Amidror has not denied nor confirmed a very significant demand Netanyahu ally to its maximum the sale of powerful bunker-buster bomb GBU-28 and modern aircraft fuel supply.
According to a White House source quoted by various Israeli media, Obama "positively consider the request." The feeling is that will access the desired sale arsenal, an issue that is being addressed by the defense secretary, Leon Panetta and his Israeli counterpart, Ehud Barak. "We do not usually talk of our arms, or indeed that we ask or not the U.S.," he replies Amidror.
These are two basic tools for the Israeli Air Force strike significantly Iranian nuclear facilities. Firstly because of the distance between the two countries. "The refueling air to air will be critical. Israeli fighters need only enter and leave Iranian airspace. Need to have enough fuel to have time on their objectives and meet any contingency that may arise in the mission," said military expert Douglas Barrie in a recent report.
Israel has several tanker aircraft based on the structure of the Boeing 707 but theoretically not sufficient to an operation of this magnitude in time, distance and opposition.
Regarding the old and the Israeli demand GBU-28, the secret services of several countries believe that Iran is accelerating its uranium enrichment plant and underground ultraprotegidas Fordow eg, near the city of Qom. According to Tehran, the plan is for peaceful purposes.
It should be noted that former President George W Bush refused the sale of these pumps made by the then Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. During the reign of Obama, the supply of GBU-28 has been treated in more than one occasion and will now be completed.
Although it seems a paradox, is a 'sweet' closest presidential Netanyahu to launch an attack in the coming months. You buy bunker buster bombs and the other time.
The head of the Israeli government has started an increased U.S. commitment to the Iranian nuclear program. "Netanyahu has convinced Obama of the need to cut the time at the diplomatic level and prevent Iran from gaining further time to complete its project," a source reveals Israeli daily 'Maariv'.
Netanyahu has not received a red light for a military strike but not green light. "We did not go to Washington to seek to impose red lines or green light to attack," adds Amidror.
After Obama's warnings about the consequences (human, military, political, economic ..) with an attack that would lead perhaps to regional war, the spokespeople affect Netanyahu in a message conveyed to the American president himself: "There is much talk of price that would be an attack on Iranian facilities, but also must address the enormous price which means that Iran has the bomb. "
In his talks with Obama and Panetta, Netanyahu said even that "an Iranian missile attack against Tel Aviv is a lower price that would live under the threat of a nuclear Iran."
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