https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2012/02/17/logistics-of-an-israeli-strike-on-iran-an-informed-view-from-germany/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:58:48 -0400<![CDATA[There are plenty of analysts who deal with the logistics of nuclear weapons and their interdiction in the abstract, and a very few who have dealt with the matter as an existential issue. Apart from the Israelis, for whom Iranian nuclear capability represents an existential threat, the list is short. The German defense expert Hans Rühle headed the Policy Planning Staff of Germany&#8217;s Defense Ministry during the 1980s, when the U.S. installed the medium-range Pershing missiles in Germany and undercut Russia&#8217;s military advantage in the European theater.  A nuclear exchange with Russia remained a live possibility in those days; after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the high water mark for strategic risk during the Cold War came in 1983, when then-Soviet premier Andropov declared a nuclear alert, ostensibly in response to NATO&#8217;s &#8220;Able Archer&#8221; exercise, but really as an attempt to panic the Germans.]]>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:22:12 -0500<![CDATA[David P. Goldman]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-p-goldman/2012/02/17/logistics-of-an-israeli-strike-on-iran-an-informed-view-from-germany-n130736