Ross: "Give Israel Mountain Buster Bombs"

 

Dennis Ross

How the U.S. Could Empower Its Ally, Israel, to Deter Iran - Dennis Ross 

The U.S. must make the costs of pursuing a threshold capability far clearer. To do so, the Biden administration should consider providing Israel the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 30,000-pound mountain-buster, as well as leasing the B-2 bomber to deliver it. Such a weapon could be used to destroy Fordow, the underground Iranian enrichment facility, as well as other hardened nuclear sites.

This would send a powerful message. The Iranians may doubt whether the U.S. would follow through on its threats; they won't have any trouble believing the Israelis will.

(Bloomberg)

The writer, who served in senior national security positions for four presidents, is counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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