They’re at war. The US and Israel are bombing everything anyway.

Strategically, Diego Garcia is a forward operating base for irreplaceable B-52 and B-2 bombers. Placing them at risk on the ground seems like a reckless call, more likely the US pulls those resources back to the US.

I’m not rooting for Iran, but since the US has who they have making the calls, Iran has obvious strategic cards to play - escalation benefits them.

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DoctorOetker a day ago | parent [-]

one missile fails, the other is intercepted

your conclusion: US will pull those resources back?

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Spooky23 a day ago | parent [-]

As a defender, you only need to fail once. Blow up a few B-2s on the ramp and that becomes a event with unlimited bad potential.

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urikaduri a day ago | parent [-]

By the time it takes the missiles to reach there, the planes could be in the air.

	▲	machomaster 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Could be. But won't be. The flying time to target is mere minutes, and taking the plane from zero (not even crew inside) to air takes much longer than that.