US planning to boost sea and land defences as Iran fears grow

But with Israeli intelligence officials warning that Iran will soon move into
a “zone of immunity”, after which military action conducted by the
Jewish state alone will be ineffective, there are mounting concerns that Mr
Netanyahu cannot be reined in.

Many officials in Washington fear that Israeli military action could easily
draw the United States into a war with Iran. Tehran has already threatened
to retaliate to an Israeli offensive by closing the Strait of Hormuz, the
world’s most important energy waterway, which lies at the narrowest point of
the Gulf.

It could also order attacks on US ships and military assets in the region,
including the American naval base in Bahrain.

The latest measures appear designed in part to send Iran a message that any
chinks in the US military’s ability to respond to an attack by Tehran have
been sealed.

“When the enemy shows more signs of capability, we ask what we can do to
checkmate it,” the Wall Street Journal quoted a US military officer as
saying. “They ought to known we take steps to make sure we are ready.”

In a further sign of US preparations, defence officials said that an American
special operations term stationed in the United Arab Emirates would be
ordered into military action in the strait should Iran attempt to lay mines
to blockade it.

The disclosure of the planned measures comes after the International Atomic
Energy Agency reported on Friday that Iran had significantly boosted the
number of centrifuges enriching uranium at its nuclear plants in Natanz and
Fordow.

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