My concern with parsing the timeline for a strike down to weeks prior to possessing a nuke is that they were wrong and it was actually a few weeks ago and now Iran has a nuke in the basement.

F-35Is - stealth mode - no external stores

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtV47baW...jpg&name=large

Most certainly not an ambition of the current Iranian leadership.

Missile launches from Iran detected against Israel now

Targeting population areas - Trey Yingst & Fox News covering live from Tel Aviv

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtV87YMW...g&name=900x900

Multiple Iron Dome ABM launches - at least one Iranian TBM has got through and hit Tel Aviv

Pentagon - about 100 x TBM fired in this first wave against against Israel

7 x locations in Tel Aviv hit by mixture of TBMs and interception debris from first wave of 100+ - 2nd wave underway now

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtWCFSLX...pg&name=medium

Iran claims to have shot down a F-35I and captured the female pilot - may be propaganda - IDF denying it at present

About the only thing the strikes on Iran will guarantee is that they will now be going all out to manufacture a nuclear weapon.

No! They will try to go all out to manufacture a nuclear weapon. Their progress will be monitored and then again destroyed by Israel.

Can you blame them, when's the last time North Korea got bombed. Gaddafi learnt the hard way

I don't think that's an F-15I. Looks like a single seat F-15C. Interesting that it has an air-to-surface capability.

You're right - it is a F-15A or F-15C - IDF has F-15A-D all upgraded to allow air to ground know as Baz (Falcon). I have amended my caption.
Described here: https://www.twz.com/these-are-the-be...weve-ever-seen

All F-15C’s have a limited A/G capability, the Israeli “Baz” have a slightly expanded A/G ability due to local upgrades.
Nowhere near F-15E abilities, but a bit more than USAF F-15C (hardly ever used) are capable of.

Strikes me, that if the only response you can muster to sucessful attacks on multiple military installations, is to dump some ordinance on a major civilian centre, you're stuck neatly behind the 8 ball. One could make a similar observation about Russia's response to the recent Ukranian raids.

Yes. Reminiscent of a deranged and desperate Hitler's use of the V-weapons on London.

Using Saddam's tactics from 35 odd years ago.

Iranian MiG-29 and Su-24 base at Mehrabad hit