If negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over Iran’s nuclear program were to break down, reports indicate Israel might strike Iran. But without the U.S., Israel doesn’t have the capability to eliminate Iran’s nuclear capabilities, according to a national security expert at The Heritage Foundation.
The U.S. “alone has the capability, really, to significantly delay Iran’s program and set them back,” Robert Greenway told The Daily Signal.
“The Israelis would have the ability to strike facilities, but have minor disruptive action,” Greenway said, adding, “the United States would have ability to do far more than that.”
Iran has multiple nuclear sites, some believed to be located 150 meters (about 500 feet) or more underground, according to Oded Ailam, a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs in Israel and a…
