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SCUD like missles in Morro Castle, Havana Cuba aimed north
The Real Cuba ^
Posted on 04/07/2005 12:22:20 PM PDT by mandingo republican
http://www.therealcuba.com/Missile1A.JPG http://www.therealcuba.com/Missile2.JPG
These unauthorized photos were taken by a tourist who, as he said in his e-mail to us, "sneaked out of the tourist area while visiting the Morro fortress" in Havana, Are these missiles operational? He says that he is 100% positive that they are. "They are behind the back wall. There is a military base there, as I saw jeeps approaching, I got the hell out of there pronto. It is a huge crime to photo things like that," he said. Maybe someone who is familiar with these type of missiles can identify them for us and provide information as to their range.
TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 1somebodyset; 2upusthebomb; castro; commies; communism; cuba; missilenotmissle; missle; museumpieces; scud
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They look like Soviet or North Korean scuds
To: mandingo republican
Picture here:
To: mandingo republican
Those look like museum displys to me.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:24:53 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Tell Kruschev the deal is off.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:25:09 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: mandingo republican
The big one looks like a surface to surface missile on a transporter. It does not look like the transporter would be capable of erecting the missile for launch.
The smaller missile appears to be a surface to air missile, based on the generally smaller size and the canard fins. You would expect to see air defense missiles around a surface to surface missile installation.
I will google around to see if I can find a good match for the big fella.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:26:12 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: mandingo republican
I just called the White House and President Kennedy told me he'd have a U2 in the air within minutes. Thanks for the head's up.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:26:43 PM PDT
by
Cagey
To: cripplecreek
I was thinking the same thing. The manicured grass under the missiles and lack of support equipment tells me this is not a hot missile site.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:26:48 PM PDT
by
Fudd
(Never confuse a liberal with facts.)
To: sauropod; Lil'freeper
The Maryland that is envisioned by our "representatives" in Annapolis. < /sarcasm>
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:27:40 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
To: cripplecreek
"Those look like museum displys to me."
Dittos, looks like they couldn't get them up if they had to.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:27:41 PM PDT
by
ProudVet77
(It's boogitty boogitty boogitty season!)
To: mandingo republican
It's nothing we can't fix:
To: gridlock
I will google around... At least until you need glasses
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:28:08 PM PDT
by
Lekker 1
("There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be attainable"- Albert Einstein)
To: cripplecreek
Yes our Satellites would see that in a heartbeat. They've probably been there for years. Besides that pipe can be fashioned to look like a missile. Counter intel at work there. Much like the Serbians drawing outlines of tanks on the ground for our stealth bombers to bomb from 15k feet.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:28:37 PM PDT
by
Waterleak
(I pity the fool)
To: cripplecreek
That kind of what I was thinking, too. The lawn is manicured nicely for a weapons area and the buildings behind don't look like weapons igloos.
To: Fudd
I know of several small town around this area where there are various artillery pieces pointed in all different directions. As far as I know none of these towns have declared war on their neighbors.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:29:53 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
To: gridlock
You would expect to see air defense missiles around a surface to surface missile installation. Yeah, but probably not that close, if ready to launch. The SAM missile would risk damaging the SSM.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:29:58 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: cripplecreek; Fudd
I swear Fudd and I are not the same person.
To: mandingo republican
SS25 based on fins? I thought those were a lot bigger.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:31:00 PM PDT
by
Dominick
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
To: ProudVet77
Dittos, looks like they couldn't get them up if they had to.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:31:04 PM PDT
by
Lekker 1
("There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be attainable"- Albert Einstein)
To: cripplecreek
![](http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/16.jpg)
The big one looks like a Soviet SS-4, which was the missile involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 60s. So a museum display seems to be the most likely explaination. A working SS-4 would seem unlikely.
The transporter is a good match as well.
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:31:12 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"I swear Fudd and I are not the same person"
Yeah, but where's Elmer?
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posted on
04/07/2005 12:32:51 PM PDT
by
Socratic
(Ignorant and free? It's not to be. - T. Jefferson (paraphrase))
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