As anticipation builds as to when and how the US might strike Iran, The Security Brief looks at the US President’s options. America has already shown it can strike Iran – last June’s operation ‘Midnight Hammer’ targeted the country’s nuclear facilities.
But now, with a significant build-up of US forces in the Middle East, what military capabilities are at the President’s disposal? How could the US defend its allies in the region in the case of Iranian retaliation? And what would the consequences be?
The BBC’s Christian Fraser and former Senior British Military Officer, Mikey Kay, break down the possibilities.
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