Breaking News - Explosions Rock Iran Military Site

AntiMullah ^ | November 18th, 2007 | Alan Peters & Iran Sources

[FARS]

Tuesday/Wednesday, November 13/14 - about 4 a.m. Sources inside and outside Iran.

A series of explosions rocked the Parchin Military Site (where missiles, including "cruise" type missiles, are manufactured) at Varamin south of Tehran.

The Shahab 3, 4 and more recently Shahab 5 solid fuel missiles at the site are hidden in old salt mines in the mountain face in the area, further excavated and furbished for development and manufacture.

The main purpose of this Ministry of Defense site, established by the late Shah's father - Reza Shah Kabir - in the early 1900's and taken over by the IRGC, had been and has been to manufacture ammunition, chemical explosives and more recently short range rocket missiles.

The exacavated salt mines for longer range missile technology have been expanded by the Mullah regime.

More than likely, the explosives, IED's, rockets and similar items of Iranian manufacture showing up in Iraq and Afghanistan were largely produced at Parchin.

[FARS]

The Mullahs successfully hid this news - for a while.

[FARS]

Our soldiers may be bit safer for a while after this explosion

[mewzilla]

Some backround info at this link on Parchin.

[Gondring]

I would love to see the data from the Iraq-based seismic stations.

[tje]

I don’t believe that the Iranians have anything close to a ‘cruise’ type missle.

[Shadow44]

May death come swiftly to those terrorist scumbags, and their Mullah masters.

[bray]

Probably Achmed playing w/matches??? Too bad, so sad.

Pray for W and Our Victorious Air Force

[RightWhale]

This was a few days ago and there was a thread.

[Steely Tom]

The Shahab 3, 4 and more recently Shahab 5 solid fuel missiles at the site are hidden in old salt mines in the mountain face...

Sounds like perhaps a considerable amount of energy was released in a confined space.

As to how that might have come to happen, well... I suppose we'll never know.

[FARS]

Thanks for the link. Will fit well and be added to article on AntiMullah.

[Paladin2]

Well, there are all sorts of work accidents possible. The automotive airbag propellant factories have had troubles over the years along with numerous fireworks factories.

On the other hand, it's not a good idea to go around pissing folks off.

[Migraine]

That is some of the best news I have heard in quite a while. One can only hope that it was some very special sabotage (by the US, UK or Israel). Or not. Godincidence is OK, too :)

[RightWhale]

Funny how many of these accidental massive military explosions have happened in Axles of Evil countries. N Kor, Syria, Iran.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

Maybe it was thousands of prayers that evil implode upon itself!!

[livius]

This actually appeared on FR (very briefly) on the day it happened. There was no more info, though, and the story went away.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Did it happen again? Or is the story from last week?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Oops, read the date, it’s the one from last week.

[mewzilla]

You’re welcome! Thanks for the thread. Made my day :)

[rdl6989]

Mr. Imanutjob should be more careful.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Yep.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926324/posts

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Funny how many of these accidental massive military explosions have happened in Axles of Evil countries. N Kor, Syria, Iran.

Sort of like Divine intervention....

[Brad from Tennessee]

I can’t find this anywhere else but I may not be using the right search words.

[Jeff Head]

Hmmm...maybe in a few weeks the spouses of the crew one or more of our nuclear sunbmarines will notice a combat pay increase on their pay checks...hehehe.

[31R1O]

You mean this Achmed?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go

[RightWhale]

The genetic search is hit and miss. The fewer words searched on the better, but too small a word will also not find a match.

[SevenofNine]

Who they going blame this on

Bush?

[M Kehoe]

I wonder if it's a "Workman's Comp." claim, or sabotage. Then again, anything is possible. Maybe there's an 'empty tube,' on someone's submarine?

Just sayin'...

5.56mm

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Shahab 3, 4 and more recently Shahab 5 solid fuel missiles at the site are hidden in old salt mines

FAS sight calls the whole shootin' match of Iranian (and North Korean) missiles liquid fueled. There is no evidence that the Shahab-5 has ever even been flight tested. I strongly doubt that the Iranians are close to making a solid fueled missile. Solid fueled IRBM are a vastly more difficult to make (and tactically more effective) than liquid fueled.

I know that the Iranians claimed to have made a solid fuel IRBM of some sort, they say a lot of things I'm not buying.

[Right Wing Assault]

It was allah’s will!

[mewzilla]

Results of a Google news search using keyword Parchin :)

[ApplegateRanch]

Smoking; not smoking; it makes no difference: If Allah wants it to blow up, it will; if he doesn’t, it won’t, Inshall-[ka-BOOM!]-Ahhhhhhhgrh!

[Reaganesque]

It's good to see Steve Urkel has found work with the US military:

Did I do that?

[Brad from Tennessee]

Yeah, I finally found this:

http://www.ncr-iran.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4359&Itemid=127

[mewzilla]

Thanks for the ping :) Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when Ahmadangnutjob got that call....

[Don Corleone]

Inspector Cleauseau (sp) in the Hong Kong fireworks factory??

[FARS]

“Hmmm...maybe in a few weeks the spouses of the crew one or more of our nuclear sunbmarines will notice a combat pay increase on their pay checks...hehehe.”

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Would be another welcome piece of news.

Meanwhile, the meager “news” mentions on the explosion anywhere, inluding FR with so little detail did not count as “news” in my mind.

The more detailed one on AntiMullah was the first real news in substance rather than just an indication without any flesh. Pun not intended but apt.

Apologies to anyone upset by the “breaking” news title.

[Enterprise]

It was the will of Allah.

[Earthdweller]

????

[stephenjohnbanker]

Thanks!

[potlatch]

Bet they haven't been laughing the past few days!!!

[azhenfud]

They have a genyoowine imitation cruise missile.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Their “cruise missiles” may not be anything sophisticated by current standards. The German V-1 was a cruise missile.

[Fairview]

Bush’s fault.

[Free Vulcan]

With a base in Iraq and Afghanistan, covert missions sure wouldn’t be too hard to do would they?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"The reported "slowdown" within Iraq of the arrival of Islamic Iran's weapons may indicate that available supplies had dwindled inside Iran and the IRGC/Ghods Brigade leadership had just manufactured a new supply - which went up in several big booms.....The final area of the explosion reportedly had a radius of one kilometer."

Ooooops.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Funny how many of these accidental massive military explosions have happened in Axles of Evil countries. N Kor, Syria, Iran.

The really have to be more careful with their toys, don't they? ;O)

[BARLF]

Thanks for the ping,Fars.

[txflake]

Another interesting incident the day before, I believe:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925254/posts

Czech military monitored Iranian plane (radioactive material aboard)

[Phsstpok]

They have purchased Chinese Silkworm cruise missiles in the past and I believe that they licensed manufacturing rights.

[Phsstpok]

I have heard Navy Seals referred to many ways, but never as “Divine intervention” before

of course I could never figure out why Green Berets were called “sneaky peaches,” so anything’s possible.