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Iran unveils "ready" underground missile silos
Associated Press ^ | 6/27/11 | Staff

Posted on 06/27/2011 12:53:25 PM PDT by Nachum

Tehran, Iran - Iran on Monday unveiled underground missile silos for the first time as it kicked off 10 days of large-scale war games, the country's latest show of military force amid a standoff with the West over its disputed nuclear program. State TV broadcast footage of deep underground silos, claiming that medium- and long-range missiles stored in them are ready to launch in case of an attack on Iran. The sites are widely viewed as a strategic asset for Iran to launch a strike in the event of a U.S. or Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities. (Snip) An

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; ready; underground; unveils

1 posted on 06/27/2011 12:53:32 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Gee. I sure hope those silos don’t emit any kind of infrared signature. That’d make them an easy, fixed target.


2 posted on 06/27/2011 12:56:03 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Nachum

Benefits of NASA and Obama’s “Muslims in space” program.


3 posted on 06/27/2011 1:00:48 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Was it not NERO who played the fiddle while Rome burned?


4 posted on 06/27/2011 1:02:38 PM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: Nachum
The state television report broadcast footage of underground launching pads for the Shahab-3 missile...

Better compare those images with pre-existing movies such as "WarGames" - they might be pulling a stunt similar to the thing the Chinese did with the "Top Gun" video clips.

5 posted on 06/27/2011 1:07:33 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Nachum
We have the confirmed ability to ensure those silos never open, even if we can't get deep enough to destroy the missiles.

However, the US is the only country with that ability without using nukes.

Sure, Israel probably knows where every one of them is, as do we and every other Western country along with China and Russia.

This is a significant escalation by Iran and one fraught with danger to every country in the world with the possible exception of the USA. In some ways a validation of US preeminence in the world as we are the only ones able to deal with it.

But with a Jihadi Sympathizer in the White House, all bets are off.

6 posted on 06/27/2011 1:18:14 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Nachum

But those nuclear facilities are PURELY for peaceful electrical generation purposes, of course.


7 posted on 06/27/2011 1:18:28 PM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To: Charles Martel

Come on people, their nuclear program is for energy purposes only. Nothing to see behind the curtain.


8 posted on 06/27/2011 1:21:50 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liberals who graduate from Ivy League schools are the dumbest people on the planet.)
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To: Mariner

Our non-natural born citizen, Barry Soetoro, will never act against Iran, even if Iran attacks the USA with nuclear or conventional weapons. Omama will hold back our military and refer the matter to the UN or Arab League for talks and we will end up paying compensation to Iran for provoking Iran by our refusal to institute Shira law here and not respecting Mohammad, PBUHN


9 posted on 06/27/2011 1:36:24 PM PDT by RicocheT
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To: Mariner

add it up.
Obama successfully completed the North African caliphate with the gift of Libyas resources to be governed by al Qaeda, to the benefit of the upcoming Egyptian MB

In the meanwhile, Afghanistan and Iraq are getting ready to fall directly into Iran... phase 2

Needless to say, they will collectively challenge Israel and the West. The MB is already declaring successes by calling for the united states of islam...

In the meanwhile, we are gearing up for elections... what do you be that there will be a orchestrated insurrection here while the mideast starts it war and Obama declares martial law and puts of elections?
Whether he does or doesnt, he has used his EPA to start starving the nation for energy.....

All orchestrated.

The bamer is thowing us under the bus!


10 posted on 06/27/2011 1:40:34 PM PDT by himno hero ("Armageddon is well seeded, America will pay"... Barrack Obama's vision)
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To: RicocheT
Arab League would not have anything to do with it. Iranians are not Arabs and haven't particularly got along with Arabs throughout history.
11 posted on 06/27/2011 3:17:51 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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