Posted on 03/12/2006 3:53:46 AM PST by Hannah Senesh
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2006/03/12/wiran12bbig.jpg/
"Iran's leaders have built a secret underground emergency command centre in Teheran as they prepare for a confrontation with the West over their illicit nuclear programme, the Sunday Telegraph has been told."
I wonder how many if Iran's leaders have the brains not to be anywhere near this place when the bombing starts?
Iran Secretly Expanding Nuke Sites
According to a very disturbing report at the Telegraph, satellite images reveal secret expansion of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility: Iran extends nuclear plant in secret. (Hat tip: Link Mecca.)
On their home page, GraphicLens currently features an interactive Flash graphic showing satellite photos of the construction at Natanz since August 2002. This ought to be read in conjuction with this huge story. A senior Pakistani source says that Iran was given uranium enriched enough to be used in nuclear weapons by Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Democrats whine on and on about 'the culture of corruption" and "filibuster" and "Bushitler" ad nauseum. Fiddling while Rome burns. Go to the Democratic websites - see for yourself this stuff isn't even on their radar screen.
There is no way they are going to "test" a nuclear weapon. If they have one, that maniac is going to vaporize whatever part of Israel he can reach. And here's another map I whipped up during a similar Iran nukes discussion,
showing the to-scale size of the 'zones of total devastation' from a variety of nuclear bomb yields, with a map of Israel.
Underground "hardened" command center is not news. Read Timmerman's book.
where is the secret part?
So what? We increase the yield from 5 to 10 megatons, and multiply total deliverable warheads by a factor of 10.
"Problem" solved. :)
Ill tell ya, these Persians have been busy little beavers, just digging away trying to hide things. Meanwhile, europeans are concerned about whether transgender folk are entitled to a third type of bathroom as the original two types are so limiting sexually.
There is a very dangerous underlying theme to Irans nuke plans that I have not heard mentioned at all yet. Despite the actual building of the device or devices, there is much more here than meets the eye. They have so easily out manuvered the west for the last couple of years, that they might be feeling quite full of confidence at this time. This is very dangerous when coupled with islam and hands on nuke buttons. Its not the nuke that is so dangerous, its the knowledge that they can get away with whatever they like and however they like it that is very very dangerous.
Yeah it'd be SO nice if they did all congregate in this one area.
If we bomb their facilities but not take out their evil leaders what good will that do? It buys us some nuclear safety time but it's just hitting the hornet's nest and it'd be used by those in power to justify their revenge.
We'd be smarter to bite the bullet and step on the snake's head, rather than try to grab his tail like that.
Ideally the democracy movement would take hold and solve the Iran situation long term. I saw the Shah's son Reza Pahlavi on Fox last night. He said the military option would hinder the democracy movement. That's too bad because it sure looks like we're going to have to use bombs. He seems like a very good man.
What an illustrative point!
The two are world's apart aren't they. If the Islamics weren't violent who would care?
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Bush went wimpy on Saudi Arabia following 911. Bush has gone wimpy on Iran's making of the IEDs that are killing our troops in Iraq. Bush went wimpy on Syria after knowing they funnel terrorists into Iraq and allowed WMDs from Iraq to be stationed there.
What makes you think Wimpy Bush would go nuclear on Iran?
Good info, but it's only polite to provide the geographical coordinates.
Secrets are sure easy to acquire nowadays.
10 digit UTM's would have been a nice polite addition. ;-)
We can't stick our heads in the sand about Iran as we have ever since Jimmy Carter's woeful performance in the WH. Diplomatic maneuvering, weeks, months spent jabbering pointlessly with the UN and Europe while Iran lies and works away on nukes. Sanctions, whatever, will be pointless once they build one bomb. They'll threaten to use it, our allies will run for the hills, and if we don't act, Israel will. Iran will hand out nukes to anyone with an anti-American attitude, and here come Chavez, Castro, and the rest of our pals in this hemisphere just itching to blow us up. Iran has to be smacked down hard. Revolution, sure, but get the nukes.
"10 digit UTM's would have been a nice polite addition. ;-)"
Oh, those who need to know that information have it, I'm quite certain. In Israel, such information is probably already programmed into appropriate equipment.
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