Report: Series of explosions rip through Iranian military site

Haaretz.com ^ | 11-15-07 | Yossi Melman

[dynachrome]

Report: Series of explosions rip through Iranian military site

By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent

tags: military, Iran

A series of explosions blasted through a crucial Iranian military industrial site last Tuesday, according to a statement released by "The National Opposition Council of Iran."

According to the statement, the explosions were in Parchin, about 30 km south of Tehran, and sparked a large fire which caused some injuries to personnel at the site.

[stevie_d_64]

Remember when we were told by Iminmypajamapants that if they were attacked, ther’d be ‘bout 10,000 missiles flying at that very second...

Seems to me we hit it in the right spot...

If we did...[snicker]

[bert]

.....I really hope it was done by Iranian hands,and that it was intentional.......

and led by the Epsilon Brigade composed of US Army and IDF Special Operations forces.

[bert]

......You can be sure that US Congressional Liberals... will be crying, whining, and wringing their hands that their allies were possibly hit......

no, the agony will be because they weren’t told in advance.

[Finalapproach29er]

Bond....James Bond.

[Diogenesis]

Parchin

Other Names: Department 140/31

Subordinate to: Sanam Industrial Group (Department 140); Defense Industries Organization (DIO)

Location: Latitude 35° 31' North; longitude 51° 46' East; 30km southwest of Tehran; province of Tehran Primary Function: Production of solid propellant for missiles; production of Oghab and Nazeat rockets, air-to-air and ground-to-air missiles, anti-tank, tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles; assembly of Shehab missiles; production and assembly of Fajr 3 rockets.

Description and Activities: Although most often identified with the chemical industry, Parchin may also be the primary producer of Oghab and Nazeat missiles in Iran. In addition, Parchin manufactures air-to-air and ground-to-air missiles, and anti-tank TOW missiles, and assembles Shehab missiles (versions unspecified). It is associated also with the production of solid propellant for missiles.

Iran has invested in the production and assembly of Fajr 3 rockets in Parchin, reportedly using technology gained from the North Koreans.

Key Sources: "Mikhail Kirillin: Several U.S. Firms Engaged in Developing Missile Equipment Have Links with Iranians," Yadernyy Kontrol Dossier in Yadernyy Kontrol (Moscow), March-April 1998, No. 2, Vol. 38, pp.37-43; in "Iran's Missile Industry, U.S. Missile Development Firms with Iranian Links," FBIS Document FTS19980605000876, 5 June 1998; "The Missile Program of Iran," Eksport Obychnykh Vooruzheniy, No. 10-11 (18-19), 1997, p. 3.

[dynachrome]

Cool! When will the images be updated? (for the public, anyhow)

[jeffers]

Syria had a problem with missile fuel, too.

[SunkenCiv]

Interesting.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Definitely...

[toddlintown]

Shish-ka-bob festival gone bad?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Can’t ignore just plain ole “Stupidty, Cupidity, and Idiocity...”

[Robert A Cook PE]

Hmmmmmn.

One site = Missile production, missile and warhead storage, missile & warhead development & design (designers nearby too!), nuke development & production ?, plus conventional warhead storage ....

Why?

Do they think we would NOT be able to target that site? Even Saddamn buried his weapons in sand to prevent detection, and here - they store them in unarmored building that can be blown up by shrapnel.

[dervish]

thanks

[Grams A]

Will of Allah, incompetency or they didn’t get Nancy’s message about no smoking.

[Jet Jaguar]

Reaper aim is good.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Nice idea, but I prefer the stiletto to the sledgehammer. Better to “leak” a diplomatic note to the same effect.

Actually, you want the Iranians to suspect everything, Mossad, CIA, stealth, KGB, Mushariff,...

Everything but the truth: probably just endemic Iranian incompetence bearing fruit.

[Libloather]

Over the last four years, the group has divulged classified information regarding Iran's nuclear program, including locations of nuclear sites that the Iranian government failed to report to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

If the IAEA doesn't know about it - who does?

[Bender2]

[SunkenCiv]

w

[Dinah Lord]

Bumping because the comments on this thread are hysterical...

And I hope we got those suckers....good.