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Writing in the Ma'ariv newspaper, analyst Ben Caspit pointed out the chief difference between Iraq in 1981 and Iran today: Whereas Iraq's nuclear capacity was concentrated in one weakly guarded reactor, Iran's fuel enrichment program is via centrifuges housed in several well-protected sites across the huge country. "To attack, we would need a lot of intelligence, multiple strikes, the ability to hover over Iran for long periods and in large numbers, lots of luck, lots of bunker-busting bombs, and with all that, the chances of success would be slight',' Caspit wrote. The former commander of the Israeli air force, reserve Maj. Gen. Eitan Ben- Eliyahu, said that if there is an attack some time in the future, Israel would only be part of a larger force — partly because the job is just too big for Israel to handle alone. There would be too many targets; . each target would need several fighter- bombers, protected by fighters, accom- panied by rescue planes to pick up crew members who might be shot down. "Maybe Ben-Eliyahu said,"there will be a joint decision for joint action one day, involving countries like the U.S., Britain, Germany and Turkey." Reuven Pedatzur, a strategist at the Netanya Academic College, said he doubts that any such joint action will ever materialize. Nor is it likely that Israel or any of the other players will take action to stop Iran alone. "Iran may well come to possess nuclear arms',' he said. "And if that hap- pens, Israel will have to learn to live with the Iranian threat and to neutralize it by means of credible deterrence." Israel's deterrent capacity is impres- sive. Its Arrow anti-missile defense sys- tern is the most advanced of its kind in the world. 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