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Why US strikes on Iran would bring risks at every turn

Why US strikes on Iran would bring risks at every turn

The largest perils for not only the region but the world may lie in the aftermath, many experts say, just as they did in Afghanistan and Iraq.

US President Donald Trump could deploy the B-2 stealth bomber if the US becomes involved in the Iran-Israel conflict. AP

It sounds so surgical, so precise, exactly the kind of air attack that only the US Air Force can execute.

A series of B-2 bombers lift off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri or the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Refuelled in the air, they head for a remote mountain in north-central Iran, far from civilians, where they get Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear site, Fordo, in their sights.

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