Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

[High_Gravity]

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday unveiled underground missile silos for the first time as it kicked off 10 days of large-scale war games, the country's latest show of military force amid a standoff with the West over its disputed nuclear program.

State TV broadcast footage of deep underground silos, claiming that medium- and long-range missiles stored in them are ready to launch in case of an attack on Iran. The sites are widely viewed as a strategic asset for Iran to launch a strike in the event of a U.S. or Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities.

Col. Asghar Qelichkhani, a spokesman for the war games, said the silos "function as a swift-reaction unit."

"Missiles, which are permanently in the vertical position, are ready to hit the pre-determined targets," he was quoted as saying by state TV.

An officer in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, which is in charge of the missile program, said Tehran has constructed "numerous" underground missile silos which satellites can't detect. He did not elaborate.

The state television report broadcast footage of underground launching pads for the Shahab-3 missile, which have a range of more than 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometers)_ putting Israel, U.S. bases in the Gulf region and parts of southeastern and eastern Europe within reach.

The report also showed pictures of missiles being fired from one silo after a large metal roof opened to allow the missile to launch. The TV report said the missile silos are linked to a missile control center.

Another unidentified Guards officer told state TV that "only few countries in the world possess the technology to construct underground missile silos. The technology required for that is no less complicated than building the missile itself."

Israel has accused Iran of receiving assistance from North Korea in building underground missile sites.

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

 

[Momanohedhunter]

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday unveiled underground missile silos for the first time as it kicked off 10 days of large-scale war games, the country's latest show of military force amid a standoff with the West over its disputed nuclear program.

State TV broadcast footage of deep underground silos, claiming that medium- and long-range missiles stored in them are ready to launch in case of an attack on Iran. The sites are widely viewed as a strategic asset for Iran to launch a strike in the event of a U.S. or Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities.

Col. Asghar Qelichkhani, a spokesman for the war games, said the silos "function as a swift-reaction unit."

"Missiles, which are permanently in the vertical position, are ready to hit the pre-determined targets," he was quoted as saying by state TV.

An officer in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, which is in charge of the missile program, said Tehran has constructed "numerous" underground missile silos which satellites can't detect. He did not elaborate.

The state television report broadcast footage of underground launching pads for the Shahab-3 missile, which have a range of more than 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometers)_ putting Israel, U.S. bases in the Gulf region and parts of southeastern and eastern Europe within reach.

The report also showed pictures of missiles being fired from one silo after a large metal roof opened to allow the missile to launch. The TV report said the missile silos are linked to a missile control center.

Another unidentified Guards officer told state TV that "only few countries in the world possess the technology to construct underground missile silos. The technology required for that is no less complicated than building the missile itself."

Israel has accused Iran of receiving assistance from North Korea in building underground missile sites.

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

At times I wonder how the world will look for my kids when I am gone.

 

[zzzz]

North Korea and the Mexican drug cartel have proven over the years that building underground facilities and tunnels are possible without detection. There are a multitude of problems in doing it when someone is watching but the area to watch is immense and heck we couldn't even find scuds in an active war!

Still they are no direct threat to the US. It does signify that the Iranians are pursuing nuclear warheads because having underground missile silos make no sense unless they are nuclear. Why protect non-nuclear missiles with high cost silo's? So in effect the Iranians have declared that they are seeking nuclear warheads.

 

[High_Gravity]

North Korea and the Mexican drug cartel have proven over the years that building underground facilities and tunnels are possible without detection. There are a multitude of problems in doing it when someone is watching but the area to watch is immense and heck we couldn't even find scuds in an active war!

Still they are no direct threat to the US. It does signify that the Iranians are pursuing nuclear warheads because having underground missile silos make no sense unless they are nuclear. Why protect non-nuclear missiles with high cost silo's? So in effect the Iranians have declared that they are seeking nuclear warheads.

Whether they declare it or not we all know what their intentions are, I don't know of any countries that have nuclear power but don't have the bomb.

 

[Warrior102]

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday unveiled underground missile silos for the first time as it kicked off 10 days of large-scale war games, the country's latest show of military force amid a standoff with the West over its disputed nuclear program.

State TV broadcast footage of deep underground silos, claiming that medium- and long-range missiles stored in them are ready to launch in case of an attack on Iran. The sites are widely viewed as a strategic asset for Iran to launch a strike in the event of a U.S. or Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities.

Col. Asghar Qelichkhani, a spokesman for the war games, said the silos "function as a swift-reaction unit."

"Missiles, which are permanently in the vertical position, are ready to hit the pre-determined targets," he was quoted as saying by state TV.

An officer in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, which is in charge of the missile program, said Tehran has constructed "numerous" underground missile silos which satellites can't detect. He did not elaborate.

The state television report broadcast footage of underground launching pads for the Shahab-3 missile, which have a range of more than 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometers)_ putting Israel, U.S. bases in the Gulf region and parts of southeastern and eastern Europe within reach.

The report also showed pictures of missiles being fired from one silo after a large metal roof opened to allow the missile to launch. The TV report said the missile silos are linked to a missile control center.

Another unidentified Guards officer told state TV that "only few countries in the world possess the technology to construct underground missile silos. The technology required for that is no less complicated than building the missile itself."

Israel has accused Iran of receiving assistance from North Korea in building underground missile sites.

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

I'm no weapons type person, having serving my military career as an Admin puke - but that Iranian missile doesn't look like it could hit a cow's arse with a banjo.

 

[High_Gravity]

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday unveiled underground missile silos for the first time as it kicked off 10 days of large-scale war games, the country's latest show of military force amid a standoff with the West over its disputed nuclear program.

State TV broadcast footage of deep underground silos, claiming that medium- and long-range missiles stored in them are ready to launch in case of an attack on Iran. The sites are widely viewed as a strategic asset for Iran to launch a strike in the event of a U.S. or Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities.

Col. Asghar Qelichkhani, a spokesman for the war games, said the silos "function as a swift-reaction unit."

"Missiles, which are permanently in the vertical position, are ready to hit the pre-determined targets," he was quoted as saying by state TV.

An officer in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, which is in charge of the missile program, said Tehran has constructed "numerous" underground missile silos which satellites can't detect. He did not elaborate.

The state television report broadcast footage of underground launching pads for the Shahab-3 missile, which have a range of more than 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometers)_ putting Israel, U.S. bases in the Gulf region and parts of southeastern and eastern Europe within reach.

The report also showed pictures of missiles being fired from one silo after a large metal roof opened to allow the missile to launch. The TV report said the missile silos are linked to a missile control center.

Another unidentified Guards officer told state TV that "only few countries in the world possess the technology to construct underground missile silos. The technology required for that is no less complicated than building the missile itself."

Israel has accused Iran of receiving assistance from North Korea in building underground missile sites.

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

I'm no weapons type person, having serving my military career as an Admin puke - but that Iranian missile doesn't look like it could hit a cow's arse with a banjo.

Militaries that parade their weapons through the street are like men with 4 inch cocks showing off their johnsons, countries with real weapons know there is no need to do that. Iran is doing this to try and boost the self esteem of the religious idiots in that country so they can think their Military is bad ass.

 

[zzzz]

North Korea and the Mexican drug cartel have proven over the years that building underground facilities and tunnels are possible without detection. There are a multitude of problems in doing it when someone is watching but the area to watch is immense and heck we couldn't even find scuds in an active war!

Still they are no direct threat to the US. It does signify that the Iranians are pursuing nuclear warheads because having underground missile silos make no sense unless they are nuclear. Why protect non-nuclear missiles with high cost silo's? So in effect the Iranians have declared that they are seeking nuclear warheads.

Whether they declare it or not we all know what their intentions are, I don't know of any countries that have nuclear power but don't have the bomb.

Germany, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Argentina, Belgium, Australia to name just a few. Nuclear power does not automatically equate nuclear weapons.

 

[High_Gravity]

North Korea and the Mexican drug cartel have proven over the years that building underground facilities and tunnels are possible without detection. There are a multitude of problems in doing it when someone is watching but the area to watch is immense and heck we couldn't even find scuds in an active war!

Still they are no direct threat to the US. It does signify that the Iranians are pursuing nuclear warheads because having underground missile silos make no sense unless they are nuclear. Why protect non-nuclear missiles with high cost silo's? So in effect the Iranians have declared that they are seeking nuclear warheads.

Whether they declare it or not we all know what their intentions are, I don't know of any countries that have nuclear power but don't have the bomb.

Germany, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Argentina, Belgium, Australia to name just a few. Nuclear power does not automatically equate nuclear weapons.

Hmm really? I didn't know that, is Iran going to be like them and not develop the weapons?

 

[Ropey]

Whether they declare it or not we all know what their intentions are, I don't know of any countries that have nuclear power but don't have the bomb.

Germany, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Argentina, Belgium, Australia to name just a few. Nuclear power does not automatically equate nuclear weapons.

Hmm really? I didn't know that, is Iran going to be like them and not develop the weapons?

More like North Korea I say.

 

[zzzz]

Germany, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Argentina, Belgium, Australia to name just a few. Nuclear power does not automatically equate nuclear weapons.

Hmm really? I didn't know that, is Iran going to be like them and not develop the weapons?

More like North Korea I say.

Ditto!

 

[Trajan]

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday unveiled underground missile silos for the first time as it kicked off 10 days of large-scale war games, the country's latest show of military force amid a standoff with the West over its disputed nuclear program.

State TV broadcast footage of deep underground silos, claiming that medium- and long-range missiles stored in them are ready to launch in case of an attack on Iran. The sites are widely viewed as a strategic asset for Iran to launch a strike in the event of a U.S. or Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities.

Col. Asghar Qelichkhani, a spokesman for the war games, said the silos "function as a swift-reaction unit."

"Missiles, which are permanently in the vertical position, are ready to hit the pre-determined targets," he was quoted as saying by state TV.

An officer in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, which is in charge of the missile program, said Tehran has constructed "numerous" underground missile silos which satellites can't detect. He did not elaborate.

The state television report broadcast footage of underground launching pads for the Shahab-3 missile, which have a range of more than 1,240 miles (2,000 kilometers)_ putting Israel, U.S. bases in the Gulf region and parts of southeastern and eastern Europe within reach.

The report also showed pictures of missiles being fired from one silo after a large metal roof opened to allow the missile to launch. The TV report said the missile silos are linked to a missile control center.

Another unidentified Guards officer told state TV that "only few countries in the world possess the technology to construct underground missile silos. The technology required for that is no less complicated than building the missile itself."

Israel has accused Iran of receiving assistance from North Korea in building underground missile sites.

Iran Underground Missile Silos Unveiled

I'm no weapons type person, having serving my military career as an Admin puke - but that Iranian missile doesn't look like it could hit a cow's arse with a banjo.

no but this is a forward looking process W, they work on it and work out the kinks, size is relative....when they have a vehicle large enough and sophisticated enough to go inter-continental, they will be ahead in the tech having learned what they need to, by trial and error, what they need to know to bury and harden the launch sites.

 

[Mr. President]

Sooooooo we THINK Iraq has weapons of mass destruction we swoop right in . Iran flaunts them and we are still not sure?????????????

 

[SFC Ollie]

North Korea and the Mexican drug cartel have proven over the years that building underground facilities and tunnels are possible without detection. There are a multitude of problems in doing it when someone is watching but the area to watch is immense and heck we couldn't even find scuds in an active war!

Still they are no direct threat to the US. It does signify that the Iranians are pursuing nuclear warheads because having underground missile silos make no sense unless they are nuclear. Why protect non-nuclear missiles with high cost silo's? So in effect the Iranians have declared that they are seeking nuclear warheads.

Whether they declare it or not we all know what their intentions are, I don't know of any countries that have nuclear power but don't have the bomb.

Germany, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Argentina, Belgium, Australia to name just a few. Nuclear power does not automatically equate nuclear weapons.

This is true, however, American Nukes are prepared to defend these countries should the need arise.

 

[SFC Ollie]

Sooooooo we THINK Iraq has weapons of mass destruction we swoop right in . Iran flaunts them and we are still not sure?????????????

We don't know, or supposedly don't know for certain how far in development Iran is. I would be willing to bet they are closer to a Nuke than is comfortable. I would also be willing to bet that Israel has not attacked their Nuke facilities because of the USA.

 

[Si modo]

North Korea and the Mexican drug cartel have proven over the years that building underground facilities and tunnels are possible without detection. There are a multitude of problems in doing it when someone is watching but the area to watch is immense and heck we couldn't even find scuds in an active war!

Still they are no direct threat to the US. It does signify that the Iranians are pursuing nuclear warheads because having underground missile silos make no sense unless they are nuclear. Why protect non-nuclear missiles with high cost silo's? So in effect the Iranians have declared that they are seeking nuclear warheads.

Whether they declare it or not we all know what their intentions are, I don't know of any countries that have nuclear power but don't have the bomb.

There are plenty of countries that have nuclear power and not a nuclear weapons program.

Iran is not one of them, though.

 

[Mr. President]

Vini Vidi Vici..... Ft. Dix?

 

[waltky]

Yea, so what else is new?...

UN: Credible Evidence Iran Working on Nuke Weapons
Friday, September 02, 2011 - The U.N. nuclear agency said Wednesday it is "increasingly concerned" about a stream of intelligence information suggesting that Iran continues to work secretly on developing a nuclear payload for a missile and other components of a nuclear weapons program.

In its report, the International Atomic Energy Agency said "many member states" are providing evidence for that assessment, describing the information it is receiving as credible, "extensive and comprehensive." The report was made available Friday to The Associated Press, shortly after being shared internally with the 35 IAEA member nations and the U.N. Security Council. It also said Tehran has fulfilled a promise made earlier this year and started installing equipment to enrich uranium at a new location - an underground bunker that is better protected from air attack than its present enrichment facilities.

Enrichment can produce both nuclear fuel and fissile warhead material, and Tehran - which says it wants only to produce fuel with the technology - is under four sets of U.N. Security Council sanctions for refusing to freeze enrichment, which it says it needs for fuel only. It also denies secretly experimenting with a nuclear weapons program and has blocked a four-year attempt by the IAEA to follow up on intelligence that it secretly designed blueprints linked to a nuclear payload on a missile, experimented with exploding a nuclear charged, and conducted work on other components of a weapons program.

In a 2007 estimate, the U.S. intelligence community said that while Iran had worked on a weapons program such activities appeared to have ceased in 2003. But diplomats say a later intelligence summary avoided such specifics, and recent IAEA reports on the topic have expressed growing unease that such activities may be continuing. The phrase "increasingly concerned" has not appeared in previous reports discussing Iran's alleged nuclear weapons work and reflects the frustration felt by IAEA chief Yukiya Amano over the lack of progress in his investigations.

His report said the increased concern is due to the "possible existence in Iran of past or current undisclosed nuclear related activities" linked to weapons work. In particular, said the report, the agency continues to receive new information about "activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile." Acquired from "many" member states, the information possessed by the IAEA is "extensive and comprehensive ... (and) broadly consistent and credible," said the report.

UN: Credible Evidence Iran Working on Nuke Weapons | CNSnews.com

 

[waltky]

If their nuclear program is a peaceful one, den what in happy hell do dey need weapons parts for?...

IAEA: Iran designing parts for nuclear weapons
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 - UN's atomic watchdog issues most critical report to date; information from Israeli agencies played key role in compiling document; Tehran developing, test-firing detonators and explosives, says agency.

In the most critical and damning report of Iran’s nuclear program to date, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday that the Islamic Republic was working to develop a nuclear-weapon design and was conducting extensive research and tests that could only be relevant for such a weapon. “The agency has serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear program,” the IAEA said in the report, which included a 13-page annex with key technical descriptions of its research. “The information indicates that Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device.”

Israel played a key role in helping the IAEA compile the report, and over the years, its intelligence agencies provided critical information used in the document. Israel now hopes that the United States will use the report to push through a new regimen of sanctions against Tehran, including a focus on the Central Bank of Iran and the Iranian energy sector. In the report, the IAEA reveals a list of Iranian research centers connected to the work on the nuclear weapons program. The agency says that it frequently confronted Iran with information it had obtained from various IAEA member states – including documents seized from computers belonging to members of a black-market nuclear arms network that supplied technology to Tehran. The reference is likely to the Pakistani ring led by Dr. Abdul Qadeer Kahn.

The report focuses on three main technical areas – the “green salt project,” a name for a covert Iranian program to enrich military-grade uranium; the development and testing of high explosives; and the re-engineering of the payload chamber of ballistic missiles to be able to accommodate a nuclear warhead. In the report, for example, the IAEA reveals that Iran was working on “exploding bridgewire detonators,” which are fast-acting detonators required to create a nuclear explosion. “Given their possible application in a nuclear explosive device, and the fact that there are limited civilian and conventional military applications for such technology, Iran’s development of such detonators and equipment is a matter of concern,” the report said.

One member state provided the agency with information about a “large-scale” test Iran conducted in 2003 to initiate a high explosive charge in the form of a hemispherical shell, the dimensions of which are consistent with the dimensions of a potential nuclear payload that can be installed on a Shahab-3 ballistic missile. Work on this project was assisted, according to the IAEA, by a foreign expert, apparently a reference to a Russian scientist who worked with Iran from 1996 to 2002. The scientist has been named in various media reports as Vyacheslav Danilenko. Additional information in the report reveals that Iran has manufactured simulated nuclear explosive components using high-density materials such as tungsten to determine if its theoretical design of an implosion device is correct.

More http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=244833

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Report: Iran developing nuclear bombs
Tue November 8, 2011 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed the IAEA and said the agency has no jurisdiction in Iran

The International Atomic Energy Agency issued a critical report Tuesday saying that it has "serious concerns" about Iran's nuclear program and has obtained "credible" information that the Islamic republic may be developing nuclear weapons. The IAEA report, the most detailed to date on the Iranian program's military scope, found no evidence that Iran has made a strategic decision to actually build a bomb. But its nuclear program is more ambitious and structured, and more progress has been made than previously known. "The agency has serious concerns regarding possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear program," the report said. "After assessing carefully and critically the extensive information available to it, the agency finds the information to be, overall, credible. The information indicates that Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device."

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the report had just arrived and refrained from commenting on details at an afternoon briefing. But a senior U.S. official called the report "a big deal." "The report is very comprehensive, credible, quite damning, and alarming," the official said. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed the report as a fabrication of facts aimed at satisfying U.S. allegations about Iran's nuclear program. Ahmadinejad essentially called Yukiya Amano, the director general of the IAEA, a U.S. puppet and said the United Nations agency has no jurisdiction in Iran. "The Americans have fabricated a stack of papers and he keeps speaking about them," he said on state-run Press TV. "Why don't you do a report on the U.S. nuclear program and its allies? Present a report on the thousands of U.S. military bases where Washington has nuclear arms that threaten global security."

The IAEA had released another report on Iran in September but this one was highly anticipated because of the military aspect. Since 2002, the IAEA has regularly received new information pertaining to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile, the report said. It said Iran has made "efforts, some successful, to procure nuclear related and dual use equipment and materials by military related individuals and entities" and has acquired nuclear weapons information from "a clandestine nuclear supply network." It has also worked on mastering the design of a nuclear weapon and tested components, the report said.

The IAEA said the some of the activities have both civilian and military applications, but others are specific to nuclear weapons. Iran has repeatedly insisted its nuclear program is for peaceful, civilian energy purposes only. According to the IAEA report, Iran is believed to have continued weapons research and technology development after 2003, when the intelligence community thought Iran had stopped. Instead of halting, it seems Iran took a temporary hiatus at the time, although the program progressed at a more modest pace since then, the report said.

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[Jos]

The Washington Post identified him as Vyacheslav Danilenko, a scientist who had worked on the Soviet nuclear program.

The newspaper Kommersant reported that it had spoken to the 76-year-old Danilenko, and quoted him as saying: "I am not a nuclear scientist and I am not the founder of the Iranian nuclear program."

Danilenko, an expert in a process that uses explosions to create tiny diamonds for a range of industrial uses

Russian scientist denies helping Iran build bomb - Yahoo! News

 

[waltky]

Granny says it's `cause dey want to bomb Israel...

Why everybody except Iran can have nuclear weapons
Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 - It is deeply regrettable that Iran may one day join the not-so-exclusive club of nations that possess nuclear weapons. It is a potential danger the world doesn’t need. If you’ll forgive an outburst of preposterous idealism, it would be kind of neat to have a world with no nuclear arms whatsoever.

But for the life of me I don't see how the world convinces Iran it’s not entitled to such weapons when Pakistan, North Korea, Russia, India, China, the United States, France, Britain and Israel all have them. Iranians look at the map and the questions become even more pointed. Nearly half the nuclear countries are in their ‘hood or within easy shooting distance. This includes Russia, Pakistan, India and Israel. The region is astonishingly dangerous for everyone, but not least for Iran. Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird, repeatedly describes Iran as the greatest threat to security in the world. This is political bombast masquerading as statesmanship.

Beyond question, Iranians, led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been outrageously provocative towards Israel, permitting the world to believe they want to see the country eliminated by force, if necessary. On the other hand, they have also said that if Palestinians themselves choose a two-state solution, one Israeli, the other Palestinian, Iran would respect that decision. On the third hand, they’ve said the exact opposite as well. It’s only natural that Israelis are ready to meet any contingency. That’s exactly why few observers believe Iran would dare attack Israel, a suicidal move if ever there was one. And it’s why Israel grasps at excuses to preemptively attack Iran, a far more plausible scenario than an Iranian attack on Israel.

Mr. Baird might more accurately say that Iran is the most threatened country in the world. Is it not true that in the 32 years since the Ayatollahs took over Iran, they have invaded no one while nuclear Israel has aggressed against Lebanon, Iraq and Syria? Was it not Iran that was attacked by Saddam Hussein when he was a loyal U.S. ally? Could one not say that Iran is already under attack, given that several nuclear scientists have been assassinated, its nuclear programs have been cyber-attacked by a computer virus, and only two weeks ago a mysterious explosion at an ammunition depot killed 17 members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. Isn’t it true that Israel is also testing a long-range ballistic missile capable of reaching Iran?

As well, all Americans, regardless of level of ignorance, consider the Iranian government to be a menace to civilization. While the Obama administration understands how dangerously irrational an attack on Iran would be, there’s much pressure on it to do exactly that. Mitt Romney, likely Republican candidate and very possibly the next president, demagogically asserts that “if we re-elect Barack Obama, Iran will have nuclear weapons. And if you elect Mitt Romney, Iran will not have nuclear weapons.” This can only mean a preemptive American military strike, exactly what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is anxious to launch. What should Iran think of these very real threats?

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