https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-to-approve-1-5-billion-budget-for-potential-strike-on-iran/amp/

Israel has approved a budget of some 5 billion shekels ($1.5 billion) to be used to prepare the military for a potential strike against Iran’s nuclear program, Channel 12 reported Monday.

The NIS 5 billion budget is made up of NIS 3 billion from the previous budget and an additional NIS 2 billion from the next budget slated to be approved by the government in November

Sum said to include funds for aircraft, intel-gathering drones and unique armaments needed for attack; report comes days after US announces successful test of new bunker buster
By TOI STAFF
19 October 2021, 12:58 am
Israel said to approve $1.5 billion budget for potential strike on Iran
An Israeli Air Force F-15 takes off during the Blue Flag air exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 8, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)
Israel has approved a budget of some 5 billion shekels ($1.5 billion) to be used to prepare the military for a potential strike against Iran’s nuclear program, Channel 12 reported Monday.

The NIS 5 billion budget is made up of NIS 3 billion from the previous budget and an additional NIS 2 billion from the next budget slated to be approved by the government in November,


It includes funds for various types of aircraft, intelligence-gathering drones and unique armaments needed for such an attack, which would have to target heavily fortified underground sites, the unsourced report said.

The report comes days after the US Air Force announced that it had carried out a successful test of its new “bunker buster,” the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator. The 5,000-pound bomb could be used as a tool to strike Iranian nuclear sites.

Crucially, the GBU-72 is designed to be carried by a fighter jet or a heavy bomber. Israel does not have bombers capable of carrying the massive bunker busters in the current US arsenal.

A smaller bunker buster bomb, the GBU-28, was secretly sold to Israel in 2009, though it is not thought to have the ability to penetrate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, which is buried deep under a mountain.
The American test was based on experience gained by Israel in its bombing of Hamas’s underground tunnel network in Gaza during last May’s war, Channel 12 said.

The network speculated that in publicizing its 35,000 foot-drop of the bunker-buster at Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base, the US is seeking to warn Iran not to stay away from negotiations at Vienna aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Iran walked away from indirect talks with the US last June and elected as president ultraconservative hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, who has spoken out against the JCPOA, in the interim.

Israel said to approve $1.5 billion budget for potential strike on Iran
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi during a graduation ceremony at the National Security College in Glilot, central Israel, on July 14, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Last month, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi told the Walla news site that Israel has “greatly accelerated” preparations for action against Iran’s nuclear program.

Kohavi said that “a significant chunk of the boost to the defense budget, as was recently agreed, was intended for this purpose. It’s a very complicated job, with much more intelligence, much more operational capabilities, much more armaments. We’re working on all these things.”

Kohavi had publicly declared in January that the IDF was preparing fresh “operational plans” for a potent military strike, and in August that Iran’s nuclear progress has prompted the IDF “to speed up its operational plans,” with a fresh budget to do so.

Israel shouldn't dare try such madness. Iran is no pushover like Lebanon or Syria

Fake news.

Israel military will never try to attack Iran.

Wahala for Iran, whoever that is in charge of the mantle the message is the same.

DubaiLandLord1:
Fake news.

Israel military will never try to attack Iran.

Lol at your ignorance.
All those talk from Iran is simply noise without single ability. Is it the Iran military that could not differentiate between passenger flight from rocket attack? Iran that run to Russia for any military high tech?

However, I am strongly opposed to Israel attacking Iran. Dialogue is the best.

Is this how other threads you read on NL are presented, without links?

SpecialAdviser:


Lol at your ignorance.
All those talk from Iran is simply noise without single ability. Is it the Iran military that could not differentiate between passenger flight from rocket attack? Iran that run to Russia for any military high tech?

However, I am strongly opposed to Israel attacking Iran. Dialogue is the best.

Gibberish!

Israel is not powerful enough to attack Iran.

RenaissanceGuy:
Is this how other threads you read on NL are presented, without links?

Sorry sir been busy

Tingotoe:
Israel shouldn't dare try such madness. Iran is no pushover like Lebanon or Syria

I Kno they expect USA would definitely come into war
Israel would have struck iran many many years ago, just that USA made it clear to them that they will have to go it on their own

DubaiLandLord1:
Gibberish!

Israel is not powerful enough to attack Iran.

Israel is powerful enough to strike, but they may not be powerful enough to withstand the consequences

Just like China taking over Taiwan.. it will never happen..

NOETHNICITY:
Israel is powerful enough to strike, but they may not be powerful enough to withstand the consequences

Israel does not have what it takes to take out major Iran's nuclear sites. They are going to need bunker busters, those earth penetrators which Israel does not have. Even if they had them they would need strategic bombers to airlift them to their targets. Israel does not have strategic bombers and its fighter bombers are too small to carry those heavy bombs.

Launching ballistic missiles at those nuclear sites won't do real damage. The distance between Iran and Israel is another factor. Will some Arab countries allow Israel use their airbase for such a strike? I don't think so.

It's good you know Israel won't be able to withstand the consequences even if it managed to make it happen.

NOETHNICITY:
I Kno they expect USA would definitely come into war
Israel would have struck iran many many years ago, just that USA made it clear to them that they will have to go it on their own

Were you there during the discussion to ascertain to this fact?

They have taken permission from Russia already. So there's no cause for alarm.

SpecialAdviser:


Lol at your ignorance.
All those talk from Iran is simply noise without single ability. Is it the Iran military that could not differentiate between passenger flight from rocket attack? Iran that run to Russia for any military high tech?

However, I am strongly opposed to Israel attacking Iran. Dialogue is the best.

and ain't your beloved Israel run to US or na US run to Israel?

NOETHNICITY:
Israel is powerful enough to strike, but they may not be powerful enough to withstand the consequences

nigga to strike Iran?

The most powerful middle East nation by milliatary!

Israel trying such will come at a price it if unwilling to pay and inflict more damage to a fragile global economy as it will push oil prices to over$200 in the first days of the strike.

The good thing is that the welfare state won't get the kind of support it will need to act irrationally from the US