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EMP weaponry (e-Bombs) can be both nuclear and non-nuclear in nature; it's an open secret that the US military's highly classified research facilities have been working on a new generation of weapons for many years, including sophisticated non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse technologies and lasers. The US military has been drawn to e-bombs because of its non-lethal aspects that would damage an enemy's technologies with precision strikes, but minimize collateral damage and preserve civilian lives.

There's extensive information readily available about EMP weaponry on the Internet, but one good source that's relatively easy to grasp is at How Stuff Works. The website notes that "The U.S. military has been pursuing the idea of an e-bomb for decades, and many believe it now has such a weapon in its arsenal...Much of the United States' EMP research has involved high power microwaves (HPMs)." Now, it's doubtful that this new weaponry under development is ready for prime time. However, when it's eventually deployed, and that still could be years away, it will revolutionize the way in which the US conducts military strikes.

Now back to the Iran crisis at hand: In all likelihood the US military, in cooperation with the Israeli military, will be required to engage in surgical strikes upon Iranian nuclear facilities in order to stop the lawless regime from going nuclear. Reportedly, our military is prepared to hit pivotal nuclear sites at Bushier, Natanz, Arak, Isfahan, among others, with cruise missiles. According to Fox News, "F-117 stealth fighter jets could take out a radar system by firing missiles and anti-aircraft guns at Isfahan or surface-to-air missiles around the Bushier reactor. B-2 bombers carrying eight 5,000-pound laser-guided bunker busters would hit buried targets like the Natanz enrichment site or the deep tunnels in Isfahan."

And this point has to be underscored, because the political Left -- which is given to histrionics and overreaction - always gets it wrong. There will be no ground war in Iran, no soldiers in the mud. Any thinking person understands that the probability is literally zero-nada-zilch that the US military is going to conduct an all-out assault with ground troops. Is that clear enough?

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