Posted on 02/23/2024 6:34:51 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has fired two ballistic missiles from launchers disguised as standard shipping containers that were hosted aboard one of its sea base-like vessels. This particular combination, which has not been seen to date, greatly expands the reach with which those weapons could be used to strike potential targets by surprise, especially given that shipping containers can be embarked on any vessel that has the space to accommodate them.
The country's IRGC-linked Tasnim News Agency reports that two "Fateh class" ballistic missiles were recently launched from Shahid Mahdavi, which the Iranian Navy took delivery of in March 2023 after it was converted from a state-owned and operated container ship known as the Sarvin. The outlet also notes that the launch was a collaboration between the IRGC's naval and aerospace forces. At least one of the missiles went on to successfully hit their target in the central desert of Iran, it has been reported. The exact date on which this all occurred, which precise Fateh variant the missiles were, and the distance said missiles traversed to get to their targets, remains unclear at present.
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Article about this very technology from 2013;
Thousands on a container ship. Put it on the bottom and shield it with more containers full of lead or another suitable shielding material and just be patient. Track the ship over the internet and call the special cell phone number when it ties up to be unloaded.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-74.140/centery:40.671/zoom:14
Even not very powerful it would vaporize the ship and probly the terminal and make a big radioactive hole in New Jersey (where it belongs) and cause mass hysteria. Maybe a little more $$ than 9-11 but they have just about everything they need to pull it off already in place.
waiting for carpet bombing of Iran and a naval blockade.
Wait till they can put nukes on them. They can do poison gas now.
Took a page out of the Chicom playbook.
I thought there were trains with missiles on them here in the US.
Maybe this was something the Soviets actually did.
Precisely. 4 EMP warheads would essentially cripple the entire electronic/electrical infrastructure of the US.
See One Second After by William Forchean
I just looked at the specs of the tsar bomba. That thing would fit inside a 40 foot shipping container easily, and would ruin the east coast...
Great book. Really opened my eyes.
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