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Iran's secret underground 'missile city' unveiled
2020-01-16
[Jpost] The Iranian Tansim news agency released images of the Islamic Theocratic Republic's underground "missile cities," which hold hundreds of missiles and solid-fuel rockets ready-to-fire under five levels of concrete, Radio Farda reported on Tuesday.

According to Radio Farda, Tansim also reported that two out of the 15 missiles that were fired at Ain al-Assad airbase in Iraq and the Erbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan targeting US troops fell on the republic's territory.
Radio Farda shares the photos here.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Airspace Force Commander Ali Hajizadeh claimed that Iran's missile depots were scattered around various parts of the country and are held in bunkers hidden 500 meters (1640 feet) underground in the state's mountains.

The IRGC has claimed for the past six years that it has built three underground "missile cities," showing tunnels packed with solid-fuel rockets, as well as mid-range ballistic missiles.

The unveiling of the republic's underground missile depot came after La Belle France, Britannia and Germany formally triggered the dispute mechanism in Iran's nuclear deal on Tuesday, formally accusing Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
of violating the agreement.

The countries emphasized that they are "not joining a campaign to implement maximum pressure against Iran," adding that they hope to "bring Iran back into full compliance with its commitments under the JCPOA [nuclear deal]."

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said it was important to save the deal "because it prevents Iran from getting a nuclear bomb." Israeli military intelligence reported that the Islamic Theocratic Republic would be able to develop a nuclear bomb within a year.

Former deputy director-general for safeguards at the International Atomic Agency said last week that from the end of January, Iran will have approximately two months to break out to a nuclear bomb ‐ a far shorter estimate than the one set by Israeli intelligence.

Also last week, Iran threatened Greece for possibly joining a US-led coalition against the republic following Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' statement saying "We are allies with the US, so we stand by our allies through difficult times."

"The Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran has made it very clear that in the event of a US-led war against the country, the concession of [military] bases by any country to the American invader will be considered a hostile act and Iran reserves the right to respond in a clear and decisive manner," Iran's embassy in Greece said.

Pro-Iranian militias have been attacking US interests in Iraq including the US embassy in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone for several weeks, with the latest attack being a "fierce" rocket attack on Tuesday. Five rockets were launched toward US army base Camp Taji. No casualties have been reported.
Posted by:trailing wife

#15  Actually, Fairbanks, I did see them in the same room once. And Fred, and Bobby, and several other 'burgers as well.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2020-01-16 23:33  

#14  Ever notice how you never see TW and Barbara in the same room?
Posted by: Fairbanks   2020-01-16 22:46  

#13  Both OP and Barbara. I am humbled. Someone must brief you on the pyramid and it's minder.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-01-16 21:30  

#12  I'm with #9 tx, #8 OP. My missing you the last few months was mostly my fault, but miss you I have. Hope to "see" you a lot in the future. :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2020-01-16 20:36  

#11  Preserve from the infidel's wrath,
O Allah, our new Ladies' Bath,
And guard from his glance
All the ladies that dance
Hence and thence, clad in chaste Persian pants,
On our hastily raised Scenic Path!
Posted by: Angith Floluck7910   2020-01-16 20:25  

#10  I guess these are 'secret' cities our satellites missed during construction? Giant tunnels have giant piles of spoil.
Posted by: Bobby   2020-01-16 19:07  

#9  Good to know, Old Patriot. And always good to see you, my dear. We miss your knowledgeable eye.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-01-16 18:03  

#8  Here's one of their "underground cities" at Kermanshan. There are over 50 bunkers, either weapons storage or munitions storage. There are about a dozen sites like these in the country, and the US knows where ALL of them are. Those bunkers may be able to protect their weapons, but a couple of dirty 1Mt nukes will kill all the launch crews. No launch crews, no launches.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2020-01-16 17:05  

#7  FIVE levels of concrete you say!
USAF has a solution to that. Say hello to W85 warhead.
Posted by: Sonny Black   2020-01-16 09:11  

#6  There's no such thing as too much bang.
Posted by: ThreeFinger Jack   2020-01-16 08:43  

#5  The gentleman knows whereof he speaks. The point of military demolition is not how big the boom but how much destruction can be caused by the least explosive material.
Posted by: Cesare   2020-01-16 08:34  

#4  Not so much a snark... we need a new award category for tactical good sense - Sun Tzu Award?
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-01-16 07:48  

#3  ^ gorb for Snark o' the Day
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-16 00:56  

#2  Only need to blow up the exits.

Sun Tzu Tactical Stratagem Award O'The Day
Posted by: gorb   2020-01-16 00:43  

#1  Easy enough.
Blow the ones we know then backtrack the clusters of delivery.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-01-16 00:38  

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