US expands strikes in Iran to include civilian infrastructure
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Reminds me of the 1999 Operation Allied Force. The dual-use bridge strikes there didn't stop military movements as much as they just crippled the local economy for a decade.
Precision is a myth here. Even a surgical strike on a bridge node creates a psychological collapse that no amount of node management can fix.
While the terminology says civilian infrastructure, airports and bridges are categorized as dual-use assets in military doctrine. These serve logistical roles for the IRGC, which makes the civilian label a bit imprecise from a strategic standpoint.
We should look at the precision of these strikes. If they are targeting specific nodes rather than leveling structures, the impact is more about disruption than destruction.
the strikes are just the cover for the boarding of the wen yao.
Does the timing of the Wen Yao boarding suggest the strikes were intended to prevent Iranian naval reinforcements from reaching the tanker?
I'm thinking about the SCADA systems... if the control software for those bridges is proprietary or foreign-made, the repair timeline could be months... do we know which specific contractors are still operating there?