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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're going to be looking at uranium options, Seals, Rangers,

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<v Speaker 1>and the iron Iran contingency. According to reporting that dropped

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<v Speaker 1>in the last few days, US military planners examined a

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<v Speaker 1>contingency operation that could involve the Navy Seals, possibly including

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<v Speaker 1>elements associated with Team six Army Rangers, explosive ordnance specialists,

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<v Speaker 1>and a whole supporting cast to go after IRAN'SI wrench

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<v Speaker 1>enriched uranium stockpile.

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<v Speaker 2>The idea was straightforward.

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<v Speaker 1>If air strikes damage the facilities but left the material

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<v Speaker 1>intact and recoverable, ground forces might have to go in

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<v Speaker 1>and either secure it or make damn sure it.

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<v Speaker 2>Couldn't be used.

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<v Speaker 1>Sites like Ford Oho, Isfahan underground hardened and defended. We've

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<v Speaker 1>seen a lot of these direct actions, sensitive sight exploitations

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<v Speaker 1>and targets were The difference between success and a national

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<v Speaker 1>lever disaster is measured in minutes and meters. We've talked

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<v Speaker 1>about inserting a force into a heavily defended nuclear facility environment,

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<v Speaker 1>possibly under fire, possibly after the facilities have already been struck,

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<v Speaker 1>which means radiation hazards, structural collapse, booby traps, secondary explosions

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<v Speaker 1>and an enemy that knows you're coming because the strategic

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<v Speaker 1>warning is already out.

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<v Speaker 2>You need engineers to open pathways. You need EOD that can.

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<v Speaker 1>Handle both conventional and radiological threats. You need aviation that

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<v Speaker 1>can get in you, cut you in, and more importantly,

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<v Speaker 1>get you out with the material or after the material

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<v Speaker 1>is denied. You need real time, real time intelligence that

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<v Speaker 1>is better than anything most people have ever seen, and

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<v Speaker 1>you need operators who can make decisions. The reporting mentions

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<v Speaker 1>possible involvement of Sealed Team six, Silver Squadron, and the

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<v Speaker 1>second Range of Battalion, along with specialized ordinance units.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't confirm or deny.

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<v Speaker 1>Specific unit taskings because I don't have access. What I

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<v Speaker 1>will say is that the skill sets required and match

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what those communities train for. This is not a

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<v Speaker 1>rate on a compound and a failed state. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a nation state target with strategic consequence. If you succeed,

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<v Speaker 1>you remove or deny in nuclear breakout capability. If you fail,

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<v Speaker 1>you leave American bodies on Iranian soil and possibly create

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<v Speaker 1>an environmental hazard. The briefing starts with a strategic objective

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<v Speaker 1>in these war like options. Then comes the intelligence picture.

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<v Speaker 1>Than the force picture, then the risk to force, and

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<v Speaker 1>the risk to mission, then the political risk. Every one

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<v Speaker 1>of those has a number and a face behind it.

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<v Speaker 1>For the operators, simpler and harder at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>you train for the worst night of your life, so

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<v Speaker 1>that when the call comes you already know the answer.

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<v Speaker 1>You trust the man, so you're left and right more

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<v Speaker 1>than you trust the plan. Because plans die in the

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<v Speaker 1>first five minutes, you accept that some of you might

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<v Speaker 1>not come home. That's the part civilians don't always understand.

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<v Speaker 1>The willingness is not bravado. It's a professional acceptance.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the cost. Now, none of this means the mission

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<v Speaker 2>was approved or ordered.

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<v Speaker 1>Contingency planning is what professional militaries do. You plan for

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<v Speaker 1>the options the president might need. The fact that this

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<v Speaker 1>option was examined tells you how seriously the uranium problem

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<v Speaker 1>is being taken. Special ops forces exist for exactly these

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<v Speaker 1>kind of problems, the ones that sit in the gap

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<v Speaker 1>between too hard for conventional and too important to leave alone.

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<v Speaker 1>It's important that the American people understand something. When you

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<v Speaker 1>hear about seals and rangers in the same sentence as

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<v Speaker 1>a nuclear facility in a hostile country, you're hearing about

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<v Speaker 1>young and men and women who have already decided that

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<v Speaker 1>the mission comes first, have already done the math on

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<v Speaker 1>their own lives. That's why the training is so hard.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why the standards are non negotiable. That's why the

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<v Speaker 1>community is so small. If the contingency ever moved from

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<v Speaker 1>planning to execution would be one of the most complex

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<v Speaker 1>special op missions in modern history. The logistics alone, insertion

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<v Speaker 1>site security, material handling, extraction, under fire, potential contamination control

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<v Speaker 1>would test every system we've ever had to The operator

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<v Speaker 1>out there still on the teams, keep sharpening the blade.

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<v Speaker 1>The world doesn't get simpler to everyone else. Understand that

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<v Speaker 1>these options exist because the alternative is worse. Thanks for listening, everybody,