Posted on 09/28/2007 8:27:46 AM PDT by Perdogg
"Information we have from inside the regime indicates the site is destined for military nuclear activity, mainly for the further enrichment of uranium," Mehdi Abrichamtchi, of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said in Paris.
The new site in central Iran consists of a "vast underground area beneath the Karkass mountains linked to the surface by two tunnels and connecting with a third tunnel" to the Natanz nuclear complex 5km away, Mr Abrichamtchi said.
"The site is protected against aerial attack. If Natanz is bombed, it won't be touched," he said. "To maintain secrecy, the area has been declared a military zone, and the regime has bought up all the local land."
The NCRI is the political arm of the People's Mujahideen of Iran, which has been declared a terrorist organisation by the US and the EU.
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That’s why we have such wonderful thermobaric weapons.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/blu-118.htm
This is just a small version of what the Russian’s have in the Ural mountains.
Shush! We don’t talk about that - the ruskies are our friends now.
Zero hour approaches...
(And as if on cue, my iPod on shuffle plays “The Final Countdown” by Europe...)
We may not be able to get a bomb to the bottom of it, but we can sure seal it up. Every underground facility has to have a way in. When that 20,000 lb penetrator crushes the first 1000 feet of that entry shaft, there will be a lot of lonely Iranian scientists and technicians down below.
The beauty of underground sites is that they can't (necessarily) be bombed.
The problem with underground sites is that their entrances can be bombed.
“My father taught me many things here - he taught me in this room. He taught me - keep your friends close but your enemies closer.”
I read once that there are nukes that are so accurate that you could,from 5000 miles away,aim one at the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium and it would hit somewhere within the stadium.
Dear Iran,
There is no such thing as “bomb-proof”.......................
The guts of the facility may be so deep under the mountain that they’re bomb-proof. However, the entrances and exits are most certainly not bomb proof. And what good is their facility once it’s completely sealed up under a mountain?
“It’s time for Bush to make the call.”
He’s too preoccupied with global warming.
Bomb-proof. Sounds like a bet to me.
GMTA....
Which makes for some very sad people inside.
Being buried alive is my worst nightmare. As such, it’s exactly what I’d love to see happen to “Dinner Jacket’s” “best and brightest.” Couldn’t happen to a better buncha guys.
Great minds think alike...and so do ours :)
Cue John Sterling:
An AAAAAAAAA BOMB! FROM AAAAAAAAAAAAA ROD!
Well, its undeerground isn't it - they need electricity for the lights! Geeeez!
[//sarcasm]
Well, its underground isn't it - they need electricity for the lights! Geeeez!
[//sarcasm]
Mistakes can be made. During the cold war a Norwegian rocket launch (nothing military it was an atmospheric research rocket) made the Soviets think they were under attack. The channels of communication in Russia did not get the message to the military about the Norwegian launch. The Norwegians had informed the Soviets of their planned launch. It is this precise scenario that made the Pershing dangerous to stability. The Pershing thus was a bad defensive weapon but an excellent first strike weapon.
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