Trump has three strike options that would aid the protesters and devastate Iran

No 1 is amended than President Donald Trump astatine putting maximum unit connected Iran. As protests against the repressive, murderous authorities continue, Trump is talking astir subject options arsenic different means of adding to the dilemmas for Iran’s government. "Locked and loaded," Trump wrote connected Truth Social connected Jan. 2, arsenic the protests by the Iranian radical ramped up.  

The U.S. subject ever has a database of people options erstwhile it comes to Iran. Operation Midnight Hammer took retired conscionable a circumstantial acceptable of atomic enrichment and weapons plan facilities successful bid to obliterate Iran’s quality to contention to a bomb. But the B-2 onslaught of June 22, 2025, did not spell aft Iran’s underground sites hiding missiles, launchers and substance production.  

One enactment by Iran would bring connected strikes for sure: Trump connected Sunday said helium would "hit them astatine levels that they’ve ne'er been deed before" if American forces are targeted. This is an important reddish line. Remember Iran struck retired astatine U.S. forces astatine Al Udeid Air Base successful Doha, Qatar, backmost connected June 23, 2025; and antecedently deed U.S. forces astatine Al Asad Air Base successful Iraq connected Jan. 8, 2020. 

Here are 3 imaginable options that whitethorn beryllium considered by President Trump.

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1. Missile production 

Iran is inactive gathering ballistic missiles and importing coagulated rocket substance precursors specified arsenic sodium perchlorate from China. The CIA’s representation shows much than 2 twelve supra and below-ground sites crossed the Iran linked to testing, development, accumulation and retention of missiles. Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu fto it beryllium known successful precocious December that Iran was trying to rebuild its rocket stocks and aerial defenses. He astir apt shared much details during his sojourn with Trump astatine Mar-a-Lago connected Dec. 30. Iran expended hundreds of missiles successful strikes connected Israel successful 2024-25 and wants to get backmost the quality to people Israel with large salvos. That would beryllium bad.  

2. Space motorboat facilities

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Iran has implicit 30 satellites successful orbit and Russia conscionable launched 3 much for them successful December. That’s the past happening we need, rogue Iranian satellites. Worse, Iran’s abstraction motorboat rockets are casual to repurpose arsenic onslaught missiles. Iran popped an undeclared ballistic rocket retired of their Iman Khomenei abstraction larboard backmost successful September. That’s successful usurpation of U.N sanctions, by the way. It wouldn’t astonishment maine if their caller motorboat installation nether operation astatine Chabahar is besides connected the ticker list.  

3. Drone factories 

Iran’s infamous drones utilized to deed Ukraine are made by Shahed Aviation Industries, tally successful portion by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Don’t hide that the IRGC is besides a large concern operation. The IRGC funds coercion truthful their drone concern is simply a morganatic subject target. Too atrocious the drone mill Iran acceptable up successful Russia won’t beryllium connected this list.  

Any options briefed to the president volition travel with extended valuation of ways to forestall collateral harm oregon inadvertent civilian deaths. The aim, aft all, is unit connected the regime.

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All this is casual enactment for Central Command. U.S. F-15E fighters led strikes connected ISIS targets successful Syria connected Saturday, and further Air Force F-35s, F-16s and B-2 and B-1 bombers could augment the packages alongside U.S. Navy destroyers and submarines with Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAMs).  

What astir satellite reaction? France, Germany and Great Britain are already connected grounds condemning Iran’s dubious abstraction motorboat activities. Missiles from Iran tin scope confederate Europe. Hence the activation successful 2023 of the Aegis Ashore radar strategy successful Poland and Romania designed to way missiles launched retired of Iran.

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As a corollary to the White House Briefing, the president volition beryllium informed of the antiaircraft posture of U.S. forces successful the Middle East. Tipped by U.S. Space Forces, U.S. Navy destroyers utilized the Standard Missile SM-3 to termination respective Iranian missiles successful 2024 and volition beryllium acceptable to bash truthful again.  

No uncertainty astir Americans would emotion to spot the extremity of Ayatollah Khamenei’s tyranny. Until that time comes, Trump’s prudent people whitethorn beryllium to marque definite Iran’s subject capabilities are breached into a cardinal pieces.  

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