Originally Posted by
Not_a_boffin
It beggars belief that CENTCOM have not had a list of targets (eg mine storage depots, harbours, IRGC coastal bases) marked "Mallet these asap to reduce risk to tanker traffic". If they don't the J2 cell needs an interview without coffee.
Agree. High Value Targets and High Payoff Targets ought to get the priority of effort...
About the various production facilities blowing up:
Iran (and others) are taking a page from the Ukraine and Russian "war against your infrastructure" approach of the last few years.
Lessons Learned, as they say.
Side note: as with the first year of the war in Ukraine, the looming shortage of fertilizer (noted in a few of the posts up thread) will be fell all around the globe and impact global food supplies. That's a strategic concern.
Iran's Position?
"If I'm gonna bleed, you're gonna bleed."