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Mysterious blast rocks home of Iran nuke facility
Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/29/11 | Yaakov Katz

Posted on 11/30/2011 3:43:19 PM PST by Evil Slayer

Source, target of Isfahan blast unclear; satellite image shows extensive damage to missile base blown-up Nov. 12.

A mysterious explosion rocked the Iranian city of Isfahan on Monday, home to a key facility in Tehran’s nuclear program.

The source and target of the explosion were unclear. Some reports claimed that it took place in a military base and others claimed it was a gas explosion. Isfahan hosts a nuclear facility involved in processing uranium which is fed to the Natanz fuel enrichment facility.

Two weeks ago, on November 12, an explosion hit an Iranian military base near the town of Bid Kaneh, killing 17 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Maj.-Gen. Hassan Moghaddam, chief architect of the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program. Israel’s Mossad has been accused of orchestrating the blast.

On Monday, the Washington, DC-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) revealed a satellite image of the military base harmed in the attack two week ago. The image showed extensive damage to a number of buildings within the compound. ISIS said that the blast was caused while Iran was apparently performing a procedure involving an engine for a new missile.

Head of the Military Intelligence Research Directorate Brig.-Gen. Itay Brun told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that the blast at the missile base on November 12 could delay Tehran’s development of long-range missiles.

“The explosion at the site to develop surface-to-surface missiles could stop or delay activities on that track and in that location, but we must emphasize that Iran has other development tracks in addition to that facility,” Brun said.

Compared to an earlier satellite image of the site, the image taken after the blast on November 22 shows damage to most of the buildings in the base.

Some were completely

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dollar; economy; iran; iranexplosion; irannukes; nuclear; oil; weapons

1 posted on 11/30/2011 3:43:24 PM PST by Evil Slayer
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To: Evil Slayer

Hope we get some photos of it soon!


2 posted on 11/30/2011 3:51:54 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Evil Slayer

The underground complex used for a North Korean nuclear weapon test was originally designed in Russia to keep others from being able to detect such tests.


3 posted on 11/30/2011 3:56:50 PM PST by familyop ("Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm fakin' it." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: Jack Hydrazine

4 posted on 11/30/2011 3:57:37 PM PST by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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To: Evil Slayer

US TOLD TO LEAVE CENTRAL ASIA [Russia & China demand “deadline.”]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437369/posts
(06JUL05)

Russia, N.Korea, China give Iran missile aid -CIA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/519198/posts
(08/SEP/01)


5 posted on 11/30/2011 3:58:23 PM PST by familyop ("Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm fakin' it." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: Evil Slayer

” the image taken after the blast on November 22 “

That sentence makes it sound as though there was an explosion on the 22nd....there wasn’t...the Isfahan explosion was on the 28th and the IRGC missile facility explosion was on the 12th.

I assume they meant to say that the photo was taken on the 22nd.


6 posted on 11/30/2011 4:03:29 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Evil Slayer

Wasn’t there a second explosion somewhere in Iran or am I confusing that with something else?


7 posted on 11/30/2011 4:10:42 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
The “accidental” explosions that have rocked Iran in recent days, one near the nuclear enrichment facility in Isfahan and another at a missile base, are the initial salvos in the war to stop Iran from gaining nuclear weapons. These beginning stages are being carried out by specially trained covert ops teams with high-tech equipment; full-on attacks with planes and missiles will follow.

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8 posted on 11/30/2011 4:27:42 PM PST by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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To: Evil Slayer

I don’t know how the Israelis are doing it...but I hope they keep it up.


9 posted on 11/30/2011 4:36:43 PM PST by Signalman
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To: Evil Slayer
the blast was caused while Iran was apparently performing a procedure involving an engine for a new missile.

They're not using Acme missile engines are they?

10 posted on 11/30/2011 4:40:28 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Evil Slayer

Again?


11 posted on 11/30/2011 4:43:14 PM PST by catfish1957 (Save a Pretzel for the Gas Jets!!!)
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To: Evil Slayer

Mysterious Mossad blast I’m guessing.


12 posted on 11/30/2011 5:02:22 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
They're not using Acme missile engines are they?

Beep Beep!

13 posted on 11/30/2011 5:06:12 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

...Bond’s the name, James Bond...

Tell the PM, we have our best man on the job.


14 posted on 11/30/2011 6:47:44 PM PST by mneville (Recovery Program - Higher Taxes!)
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