ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Soldiers 82. The U.S. Army Airborne Division is boarding the Black Hawk helicopter. © Getty Images / Kayla Bartkowski
High-ranking U.S. military officials are considering the anticipation of sending airmen to seize Kharg Island, liable for 90% of Iranian oil exports, reports the fresh York Times, citing American military sources.
In mid-March, the United States attacked military targets on the island, located about 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf, but refrained from attacking the energy infrastructure.
Since then, reports have been circulating that Washington may launch a land operation to take control of the key oil hub, attempting to paralyze Tehran's economy 3 weeks after the start of the war between the US and Israel and the muslim Republic.
Iran warns that‘fired’ oil and gas installations in the Gulf countries if an attack on Kharg Island occurs.
On Monday, he besides threatened with retaliation by mined the Strait of Ormuz and all another waterways in the region.
The Pentagon is considering a plan to send about 3,000 soldiers from "Send of Immediate Response" 82nd Airborne Division, to be able to deploy anywhere in the planet within 18 hours, to carry out an attack on the island, reported in a Monday article "New York Times".
Another option is considered, where 2,500 soldiers from the 31st Expeditional Marine Unit, which is already on its way to the mediate East, added.
There is besides a script in which paratroopers could support the marines, informed the paper present and erstwhile officials.
Despite the anticipation of fast arrival, the air-desert troops do not have dense equipment available to the marines, which would be needed to repel any Iranian attempts to recover Kharg Island, they explained.
Sources "New York Times" stated that the attack on the oil centre was simply prudent planning, stressing that neither the Pentagon nor the Central U.S. Command had issued any orders to carry out the attack.
Former manager of the National Anti-Terrorist Center, Joe Kent, who resigned last week in protest against the war of the US and Israel against Iran, said on Monday "Washington Post"That American operation on the island of Kharg "would be a disaster" And it would come down to "give Iran a hostage group on the island that he could shoot with drones and missiles".
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/636006-us-iran-kharg-island/
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