Google Earth Photos Reveal Syrian Scuds

Aol.com ^ | 10/12/2010 | Matthew Kalman

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Israeli defense experts were still sounding alarms this week over Google Earth images made public Friday by the Israeli daily Haaretz. The satellite photos, taken March 22, show Scud missiles ready for deployment at a Syrian base at Adra, where earlier reports suggest Syria is training Hezbollah militants in the use of missiles that threaten large parts of Israel.

The photos show five 11-meter-long Scuds at the Adra base. Three are on trucks in a car park. Two others are in a training area where 20 to 25 people can be made out along with about 20 vehicles. One of the two missiles appears to be mounted on a mobile launcher; another is on the ground.

Earlier reports have suggested that the Adra base, located in a deep valley surrounded by 400-meter mountains, has concrete tunnels leading deep underground where the missiles are apparently stored in protected silos.

In 2006, Hezbollah rocket fire into Israel precipitated Israeli air strikes and a ground invasion of Lebanon. Hezbollah's month-long barrage of rockets deeply unsettled Israel; with Scud missiles, Hezbollah can strike all the major cities in Israel.

[Quix]

“Nuclear Terror” ping, maybe?

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Plausibly.

Thx.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ErnstStavroBlofeld, but what’s the problem? ;’)

[bmwcyle]

The is only a small part of the world military build up.

[Sawdring]

They should give the latitude and longitude so we can look them up in Google Earth ourselves.

[Sawdring]

Oh, forget that.

[TXnMA]

Lowering the brightness and boosting contrast on that image helps considerably. (A bit of sharpening doesn't hurt, either...)

FWIW, that area is loaded with AAA and SAM sites! There is certainly something there they want to protect...

[thatjoeguy]

Lol, and I thought it was an aspirin plant.

Thanks for clearing that up. Now I can be at peace with myself that all is well still. /s

[houeto]

"Nuclear Terror" ping, maybe?

Hope not.

[thatjoeguy]

Easy enough to figure out since they have it on Google maps. I just expanded the view, found the highway (5) and the site is just north of the highway between the two cities Adhra and Al’Qutayfah.

Its at:
33d 41’48.89” N
36d 30’54.17” E

Enjoy.

[TXnMA]

Somebody must have given those guys a bunch of bulldozers as presents. They sure love pushing sand around!

[WKUHilltopper]

LOL

[SatinDoll]

Peace, fellow Freeper: I just asked a question concerning the abilities of bunker busters, not whether they should be used.

[SatinDoll]

Thanks. Always wondered how they work.

[Sawdring]

33.414823 36.305340

You were 22 miles off.

[KingLudd]

You’re right. Peace.

Jittery lately, I’m in lock-and-load mode against Oslama 24/7. Have yourself a free bunker buster video on me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuniKsBxZ10

(turn the volume down)

[SatinDoll]

Thanks for the video!

[Vermont Lt]

I thought Iraq was going to sit this one out. From what I recall reading, that was one of the reasons THIS coming mess looked like the “one”. because in the past, Babylon was right mixed up in the middle of it.

[Hulka]

Yeah. . .they penetrate deep and then blow, collapsing the structures. Exactly how they were designed.

[HalfFull]

Quick...print more “World Peace” bumper stickers!

[thatjoeguy]

Not following you. Our Points are about 22 miles apart but yours places me on a road next to some farm land south east of Dimashq. Mine (deg, min, & sec.) places me directly on the base pictured above.

In decimal degrees its
33.696914 36.515047