Middle East crisis live: US launches ‘heavy waves of strikes’ on Iran after days-long pause in attacks
Donald Trump has been considering a US commander’s plan for a punishing air campaign against Iran that could take up to two weeks, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. It says the plan drawn up by Adm Brad Cooper, the head of US Central Command, involved 10 to 14 days of intensive airstrikes intended to cripple Iran’s missile capability, despite warnings that the US is running low on air-defensive munitions. Or Trump could opt for a more limited military strike in hopes diplomacy could be pursued, said the report, published shortly before the US launched a fresh round of strikes on Iran.
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The WSJ said: The idea behind Cooper’s high-end option is to go beyond the tit-for-tat airstrikes that have done little to deter Tehran from threatening ships in the Strait of Hormuz and lobbing missiles at American forces in the region by sharply escalating the war, according to people familiar with his thinking.
