{"id":448,"date":"2012-03-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2024-04-24T12:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:57:43","slug":"iran-attack-spirals-control-100s-soldiers-die-pentagon-war-game-101991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/middle-east\/iran-attack-spirals-control-100s-soldiers-die-pentagon-war-game-101991\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Attack Spirals Out Of Control, 100s Of US Soldiers Die \u2013 Pentagon War Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<!--\nWidget Area: [All Content] Above \n~~~ --><br \/>\n<!-- hmt_widget_link_unit_1 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"all-content-above hmt_widget_link_unit_1\" id=\"hmt-widget-link-unit-1\">\n<div class=\"toplinkunit\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearFloat\"><\/div>\n<p><!--\nThe Post Title \n~~~ --><\/p>\n<p><!--\nWidget Area: [Content Item] Above \n~~~ --><br \/>\n<!--\nWidget Area: [Content Item] Left \n~~~ --><br \/>\n<!--\nWidget Area: [Content Item] Right \n~~~ --><br \/>\n<!--\nThe content itself \n~~~ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 340px; \">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both\">\n<\/div>\n<h3>An attack on Iranian nuclear sites quickly spirals out of control, leaving hundreds of US soldiers dead and will result in a large regional war\u2026<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/rt.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>(RT)<\/strong> \u2013<\/a> An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites may quickly spiral out of control and result in a large regional war, a Pentagon war game predicts. American casualties would be counted in hundreds at least.<\/p>\n<p>The two-week game held by Central Command called Internal Look played on a scenario in which Israel carried out an air strike on Iranian facilities.<\/p>\n<p>In retaliation Iran strikes both the Jewish state and the American forces in the region. Game results were classified, but according to leaked details Iran managed to sink at least one American warship in the Persian Gulf, killing 200 crew, reports The New York Times. Separate strikes by Israel and the US managed to delay Iran\u2019s nuclear program by just three years.<\/p>\n<p>The simulated conflict escalated into a wider regional war, demonstrating that a possible attack on Iran would likely have uncontrollable consequences. The result has allegedly raised concern among US military and civilian officials who are skeptical of Israel\u2019s ability to deal a serious blow to Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n<p>US officials stressed that the exercise was not a rehearsal for American military action. It was rather aimed at testing internal coordination between the Pentagon and various staff in the Gulf region. The simulation also assumed a single scenario, and results of a real conflict may differ, the military said.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise has been held since the Cold War era, when US troops drilled a Soviet offensive in the Middle East. Internal Look was also used to test America\u2019s readiness for the coming invasion of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p><!--\nPagination for Multi-page posts\n~~~ --><br \/>\n<!--\nWidget Area: [Content Item] Below\n~~~ -->\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An attack on Iranian nuclear sites quickly spirals out of control, leaving hundreds of US soldiers dead and will result in a large regional war\u2026 (RT) \u2013 An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites may quickly spiral out of control and result in a large regional war, a Pentagon war game predicts. American casualties would &#8230; <a title=\"Iran Attack Spirals Out Of Control, 100s Of US Soldiers Die \u2013 Pentagon War Game\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/middle-east\/iran-attack-spirals-control-100s-soldiers-die-pentagon-war-game-101991\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Iran Attack Spirals Out Of Control, 100s Of US Soldiers Die \u2013 Pentagon War Game\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}