Mil News Current Iran/Iraq/US Tensions and Actions Unfolding

[Connaught Ranger]

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walk it off, boy walk it off.

 

[Fluff]

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[Ivan le Fou]

Iranian missile "Lauch Portal".

 

[BCNTM]

Iranian missile "Lauch Portal".

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Don't build fixed structures

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Frankly, that looks like an idea straight out of a James Bond movie.

 

[BCNTM]

Frankly, that looks like an idea straight out of a James Bond movie.

V2 fixed site in France that was bombed by the RAF - it was supposed to be impregnable - destroyed by Lancs with a very large earthquake bomb

If you google the layout of the building, it is not dissimilar to the Iranian site ?

Jerry's moved to using mobile launchers

 

[Ivan le Fou]

I mean, it looks cool. The whole "Ballistic Missiles on a Treadmill" thing is... yeah... it's cool.

But it is not practical at all. Not only it is static, but you have all these "launch bunkers" sitting next to each other, with two tubes per bunkers.

Better not have anything jamming the doors I guess. Or nothing managing to break through that pile of concrete, otherwise you would end up with a fiery chain-reaction.

And considering a scud depot going up looks like this:

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I hope they thought through the whole back-blast stuff.

 

[Fluff]

Mossad captures and interrogates senior Revolutionary Guard commander on Iranian soil

 

[Fluff]

I mean, it looks cool. The whole "Ballistic Missiles on a Treadmill" thing is... yeah... it's cool.

But it is not practical at all. Not only it is static, but you have all these "launch bunkers" sitting next to each other, with two tubes per bunkers.

Better not have anything jamming the doors I guess. Or nothing managing to break through that pile of concrete, otherwise you would end up with a fiery chain-reaction.

And considering a scud depot going up looks like this:

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I hope they thought through the whole back-blast stuff.

They are using ‘upgraded’ nazi V2, of course they have read the manual.

 

[BCNTM]

Saudi paper: Israeli F-35’s penetrated Iran airspace several times in last 2 months

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www.timesofisrael.com

 

[BCNTM]

Israeli F-35 Stealth Fighter Breached Iran's Airspace; Evaded Powerful Russian, Iranian Radars - Reports

Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jets repeatedly violated Iranian airspace while successfully evading Russian and Iranian radars, a Saudi media outlet Elaph reported on Wednesday.

eurasiantimes.com

reports are the long range stealth drop tanks work fine on the F35

 

[NebrHogger]

If they're depending on Russian AD radars to protect them...

 

[Chazman]

US Navy halts Iranian boat from seizing a 5th Fleet unmanned vessel

The 5th Fleet spotted the IRGCN support ship Shahid Baziar towing a Saildrone Explorer USV on Monday.

www.navytimes.com

 

[BCNTM]

US navy intervenes after Iran seizes American sea drone

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard tried to tow away an unmanned vessel in the Persian Gulf but the fifth fleet secured its release

www.theguardian.com

 

[BCNTM]

Iran: 'Yes, we want Russian Su-35, Su-30 is not on the agenda'

Iran has officially confirmed that it wants to acquire Russia's 4++ generation Su-35 Flanker-E fighter, stressing that the Su-30 is no longer on the agenda.

bulgarianmilitary.com

 

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[BravoZulu]

More than 3,000 US military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships as part of increased deployment after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said Monday.

The US sailors and Marines entered the Red Sea on Sunday after transiting through the Suez Canal in a pre-announced deployment, the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet said in a statement.

They arrived on board the USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall warships, providing “greater flexibility and maritime capability” to the Fifth Fleet, the statement added.

 

[Mike1976]

‘Nederlander saboteerde atoomcomplex in Iran, Den Haag wist niets’

De sabotageactie vond plaats in 2007. De AIVD-infiltrant is kort na de operatie overleden door een motorongeluk, schrijft de Volkskrant.

nos.nl

'Dutchman sabotaged nuclear complex in Iran, The Hague knew nothing'

In 2007, a Dutchman released the infamous Stuxnet virus in an Iranian nuclear complex, writes de Volkskrant. According to the newspaper, Erik van Sabben, who was recruited by the AIVD, played a crucial role in the sabotage action that paralyzed the Iranian nuclear program. Politics would not have been informed about the operation led by the US and Israel. MPs demand clarification.

The then 36-year-old Van Sabben infiltrated the underground nuclear complex in the city of Natanz, the newspaper said. There he installed equipment infected with the highly sophisticated software, which reportedly cost more than a billion dollars to develop.
'High price'

The Vlissingen native died in January 2009 in a motorcycle accident near his hometown of Dubai. In his obituary in the PZC, relatives speak of a fatal accident. Nothing points to possible intent, de Volkskrant concludes after conversations with people who were at the scene of the crash. But an anonymous MIVD officer quoted suspects that Van Sabben "paid a high price".

The newspaper spent two years investigating the sabotage campaign. Dozens of people involved were spoken to, including nineteen employees of the AIVD and MIVD. A few years ago, de Volkskrant revealed that the Dutch intelligence services had recruited the infiltrator in this sabotage operation. But at the time it was believed to have been an Iranian engineer.

Also new is the insight that apparently no one in the Netherlands knew that a new type of cyber weapon was being deployed. According to the researchers, the intelligence services knew that they were participating in sabotage of the Iranian nuclear program, but not that their agent was bringing in Stuxnet. “The Americans have used us very hard,” says an intelligence source.

Centrifuges broken
It is striking that the Balkenende IV cabinet does not appear to have been informed at all. According to the newspaper, the so-called Stiekem committee, in which faction leaders of the largest parties are informed about actions by the AIVD and MIVD, also knew nothing about Dutch participation in the very risky operation. Some experts consider the sabotage action in Iran an act of war.

Stuxnet caused a large number of nuclear centrifuges to break down. The nuclear program was estimated to have been delayed by several years. The program also reached the outside world and infected computers worldwide. For example, major concerns arose about possible damage at a factory for low-enriched uranium in Almelo, the newspaper writes.

Despite all these consequences and risks, no one in The Hague was informed in advance, the investigative journalists say. "The services think they can do their divine thing," a political source is quoted as saying. A number of MPs want the bottom stone to be uncovered in the affair.

The intelligence services tell the newspaper that they cannot comment substantively on the publication. Then Prime Minister Balkenende also invokes confidentiality. An anonymous executive at the AIVD says that it was customary to "sweep the Prime Minister's doorstep clean". Balkenende may have deliberately not been informed of the operation because of the potential political consequences.

Van Sabben is said to have been recruited by the AIVD in 2005. Due to his technical background, many contacts in the region and link with Iran, he was seen as the ideal candidate for the mission. "He already did business in Iran and had an Iranian wife with family there," says Volkskrant journalist Huib Modderkolk.

The supposed secret agent is described as someone who was not afraid to take risks. Van Sabben had already lived in the Middle East for years. "He had a passion for off-road riding, camping and motorcycling," wrote the United Arab Emirates newspaper The National after Van Sabben's death. The article praised him as an engineer who had made an important contribution to the rapid development of the Gulf state. "He traveled a lot for his work: Sudan, Yemen, Iran and East Africa.

During one of those trips to Iran, he is said to have released Stuxnet into the Natanz nuclear complex. The program was probably in a water pump that Van Sabben installed there. It is unclear whether the Dutchman himself knew what role he played in the operation, the newspaper writes.