'Locked and loaded': The targets the US could strike in Iran

Dr Burcu Ozcelik, Middle East security expert at the Rusi think tank, suggested that the subsequent tempo of strikes, given the US assets in the region, would amount to 80 to 120 a day. “The issue is how long US combat operations can be sustained without creating fatigue in the forward forces,” she added....Dr Ozcelik added that Iran would want to “impose a cost” on Israel posing a “huge risk” against urban centres. “But if they strike one of their Gulf neighbours that will really damage relations at a time when Iran is facing isolation and needs to maintain ties with the Gulf.”