July, 2022
Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran
Chapter 25. U.S. military embarks on (3)
When
the Israeli government revealed its plan to bomb Natanz nuclear facilities and
asked U.S. assistance, the White House understood that Israel finally determined
to go ahead. It was the U.S. job to utilize the diplomatic power on Jordan,
Saudi Arabia and Iraq where Israel convoy use each airspace as the flight route
to and from Iran. White House ordered three countries not to interrupt Israel
convoy and let them fly on each airspace. Of the three countries, Jordan and
Iraq were out of the question because they had no ability to reject U.S. request.
The problem was Saudi Arabia which had their own powerful air force combat ability.
Israel also had the almost same system as Saudi Arabia. Because both of them
had been supplied by U.S.
Washington
finally persuaded the King of Saudi Arabia to allow the Israeli plane to fly
over. Of course, he added that it also made benefit for neighboring Arab
countries including Saudi Arabia to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. Just
after that conversation, U.S. Secretary of Defense made the same offer to the
Saudi Arabian Defense Minister. The Secretary of Defense also mentioned that refueling
aircraft would meet the jet fighters coming back from Iran over the Arabian
Peninsula.
Saudi
Arabian defense minister replied to the U.S. Secretary of Defense after two
days that he would accept the three bombers to pass over. But he didn't mention
anything about the flight for refueling.
Secretary of Defense tried to ask back the reason for a moment. But he
said nothing. It was quite enough that Israel would bomb Natanz nuclear
facilities. Once the facilities had been bombed successfully, Israel, Saudi
Arabia and even the United States itself would get big fruits. The Secretary of
Defense stopped the dialogue. He considered that aerial refueling was not a
major issue compared with the bombing.
However,
the Secretary of Defense did not miss that Defense Minister’s way of the
talking over the telephone. It sounded a little bit strange. He suspected that
Saudi Arabia might carry out an operation advised by the Chief of Staff. His
presentiment proved right later. Further misery was taken place.
On
the day of the bombing of Natanz nuclear facilities by Israel corps, the local
operation center of US Central Command in Doha, Qatar gathered all kind of information.
They covered the military reconnaissance satellite, AWACS, and "Harry S.
Truman", the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, in the Persian Gulf. It was
confirmed in the early morning that three jet fighters took off from an Israeli
air force base. Shortly thereafter, one large aircraft and two fighters took
off from the same base, too. The first three jets invaded Iran after passing
over the border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. They bombed Natanz nuclear facilities,
drove away the chaser and fled out of Iranian airspace. it was exactly the
scenario that the Pentagon was heard from Washington. Up to that point……….
But
the situation thereafter had changed beyond their expectation. A large aircraft
and two fighters, which took off Israeli air base later, dissolved their
formation and began to stray respectively. Suddenly a large aircraft disappeared
from the radar. A few minutes later, the three fighter jets appeared in the
radar from east. They were flying over the Persian Gulf towards the Strait of
Hormuz whereas they had to return to Israel. The local operation center at Al Udeid
Air Force Base was confused.
(cont’d)
Areha
Kazuya
(From
an ordinary citizen in the cloud)
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