the Air Force can pretty much deploy at a moments notice...and even Sy Hersh said that the Air Force has always been behind the idea to bomb Iranian sites.
The Navy and Marine brass are supposedly against the attack; not because of fear of failure but rather fear of the political consequences at home and abroad. I suspect when push comes to shove they will honor the civilian leadership and do what they're told.
The thing that scares me the most though is NSPD 35...apparently the nukes are in place and waiting for the order.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060222&articleId=2032snip
"The planning of the aerial bombings of Iran started in mid-2004, pursuant to the formulation of CONPLAN 8022 in early 2004. In May 2004, National Security Presidential Directive NSPD 35 entitled Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization was issued.
The contents of this highly sensitive document remains a carefully guarded State secret. There has been no mention of NSPD 35 by the media nor even in Congressional debates. While its contents remains classified, the presumption is that NSPD 35 pertains to the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in the Middle East war theater in compliance with CONPLAN 8022.
In this regard, a recent press report published in Yeni Safak (Turkey) suggests that the United States is currently:
"deploying B61-type tactical nuclear weapons in southern Iraq as part of a plan to hit Iran from this area if and when Iran responds to an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities". (Ibrahim Karagul, "The US is Deploying Nuclear Weapons in Iraq Against Iran", (Yeni Safak,. 20 December 2005, quoted in BBC Monitoring Europe).
This deployment in Iraq appears to be pursuant to NSPD 35 ,
What the Yenbi Safak report suggests is that conventional weapons would be used in the first instance, and if Iran were to retaliate in response to US-Israeli aerial attacks, tactical thermonuclear B61 weapons could then be launched This retaliation using tactical nuclear weapons would be consistent with the guidelines contained in the 2001 Nuclear Posture Review and NSPD 17 (see above). "
When you combine this information with the idea that the "Ike" group is designed:
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=25883 "...to ensure security in all waters, so all commercial shipping may operate freely while transiting the world's oceans..."
I don't feel all that confident that the psychopaths in charge will step back from the brink and do the sensible thing.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Pentagon_moves_to_secondstage_planning_for_0921.htmlsnip
"Last week, a military intelligence official described to this reporter the movement of Naval submarines and a deployment order sent out to Naval assets of strategic import, such as minesweepers, that could indicate contingency planning is already under way to secure oil transport routes and supplies."