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Image shows Iranian missile site was destroyed
WaPo ^ | 11/28/2011 | Jason Ukman

Posted on 11/28/2011 12:15:58 PM PST by mojito

Two weeks after a mysterious explosion at an Iranian missile base, a Washington-based research group has released a satellite image showing extensive damage to the site.

The image of the compound, near the city of Malard, doesn’t provide any clues as to what caused the Nov. 12 explosion, which Iranian authorities described as an “accident” involving the transport of ammunition. But it does make clear that the facility has been effectively destroyed.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 201111; 20111112; explosion; iran; iraniannukes; malard; missiles; wmd
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To: mojito

We were just testing out our new missile that can land anywhere on earth in less than an hour.


21 posted on 11/28/2011 1:23:11 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Israel is real:))
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To: TSgt
That would be hilarious if it were real. It's like a combo of the F-4 and XB-70. Added thrust, added weight, minimal armament, and no expanded fuel capacity. Combat radius of 20 mi.
22 posted on 11/28/2011 1:40:45 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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To: norcal joe

Nope. Looks pretty pinpoint to me.


23 posted on 11/28/2011 1:41:58 PM PST by wolfcreek (Perry to Obama: Adios, MOFO!)
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To: norcal joe

Do I see a flattened pickup truck in the middle of the carnage?


24 posted on 11/28/2011 1:42:16 PM PST by jimmygrace
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To: norcal joe

I see burst patterns but no craters within the outlines of the two destroyed buildings.

Wonder how that happened? Hmm. Kinda makes ya think, don’t it? Kind of a puzzle. A brain-teaser.

I’m guessing the Mullahs are doin’ some investigatin’ these days.


25 posted on 11/28/2011 1:45:02 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: molson209

Maybe it was one of those gremlins from the Bugs Bunny cartoon.

26 posted on 11/28/2011 1:49:58 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: norcal joe

So, this is unrelated to the ‘huge explosions’ reported in Iran today? The ‘after’ image is dated Nov 22.


27 posted on 11/28/2011 1:50:04 PM PST by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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To: Tenacious 1

Anyone have the exact location?

I found a nuke facility about 5 miles from the center of Malard.

35.730892° 51.005285°


28 posted on 11/28/2011 2:00:18 PM PST by luckybogey
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To: mojito

Looks like it got bombed by something.


29 posted on 11/28/2011 2:24:56 PM PST by rbg81
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To: mojito

Maybe a missile. If the Iranians identified it as such I think they would not admit it because it would require them to go to war way before they are ready or lose a lot of “face” which is an extremely important consideration for them.


30 posted on 11/28/2011 2:55:55 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: mojito

If Israel is behind the explosions, which is a safe bet, it means Israeli agents are operating undetected under the noses of the Iranians, which is a credible scenario.


31 posted on 11/28/2011 2:58:21 PM PST by Spok (Who Is Samuel Zemurray?)
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To: mojito

One of the two buildings listed as destroyed is where the initial blast occurred, the second building exploded sympathetically. The blast damage radiates out from those two buildings.


32 posted on 11/28/2011 3:03:26 PM PST by fso301
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To: Dogbert41

Paging Patrick McClanahan. Pick up the white courtesy phone.

I think the simplest answer is really that they cut the red wire, when they should have cut the blue wire.


33 posted on 11/28/2011 3:27:17 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I just don't like anything about the President. And I don't think he's a nice guy.)
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34 posted on 11/28/2011 4:00:41 PM PST by SJackson (Haven't changed the environment, just take a bath. Eat a piece of chocolate. You need one. Michelle)
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To: Maverick68

I have hunch that it was something much more mundane, though probably as difficult to track down.


35 posted on 11/28/2011 4:31:22 PM PST by Melas (u)
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To: norcal joe

Ya know God said this would happen.
Looks like another work related asskident


36 posted on 11/28/2011 4:32:41 PM PST by Tigen (I shall raise you one .)
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To: Tenacious 1

Another indicator of scale is in the upper right hand portion of the complex there appears to be a soccer field. That was a big explosion.


37 posted on 11/28/2011 4:42:04 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: norcal joe

I dont see any crater, a fuel air bomb?


38 posted on 11/28/2011 4:55:59 PM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: norcal joe

according to my better half, if it’s the same magnitude of explosion (richter scale?) as seen in the early stages of N Korea and also Iran, it’s likely testing/processing, underground type, that destroyed the buildings - photos could be compared to historical of named countries

repeatedly exploding plutonium to compress matter into denser package - turning a railcar into a cargo container into an automobile into a basketball into a golfball so-to-speak - this looks like an ooopsie. jmo


39 posted on 11/28/2011 5:00:08 PM PST by blueplum
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To: RaceBannon

I was wondering and will be interested to read the replies.


40 posted on 11/28/2011 5:12:54 PM PST by aposiopetic
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