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Iran Fires Ballistic Missile From A Shipping Container At Sea
The War Zone ^ | 2/14/22 | Oliver Parken

Posted on 02/23/2024 6:34:51 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has fired two ballistic missiles from launchers disguised as standard shipping containers that were hosted aboard one of its sea base-like vessels. This particular combination, which has not been seen to date, greatly expands the reach with which those weapons could be used to strike potential targets by surprise, especially given that shipping containers can be embarked on any vessel that has the space to accommodate them.

The country's IRGC-linked Tasnim News Agency reports that two "Fateh class" ballistic missiles were recently launched from Shahid Mahdavi, which the Iranian Navy took delivery of in March 2023 after it was converted from a state-owned and operated container ship known as the Sarvin. The outlet also notes that the launch was a collaboration between the IRGC's naval and aerospace forces. At least one of the missiles went on to successfully hit their target in the central desert of Iran, it has been reported. The exact date on which this all occurred, which precise Fateh variant the missiles were, and the distance said missiles traversed to get to their targets, remains unclear at present.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: ballisticmissile; iran; middleeast; navy
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Article about this very technology from 2013;

https://www.military.com/video/guided-missiles/advanced-weapons/club-k-container-missile-system/2932801006001


21 posted on 02/23/2024 9:45:56 AM PST by SheepWhisperer (Get involved with, or start a home fellowship group. It will be the final church. ACTS 2:42-47)
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To: Quickgun

Thousands on a container ship. Put it on the bottom and shield it with more containers full of lead or another suitable shielding material and just be patient. Track the ship over the internet and call the special cell phone number when it ties up to be unloaded.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-74.140/centery:40.671/zoom:14

Even not very powerful it would vaporize the ship and probly the terminal and make a big radioactive hole in New Jersey (where it belongs) and cause mass hysteria. Maybe a little more $$ than 9-11 but they have just about everything they need to pull it off already in place.


22 posted on 02/23/2024 11:57:31 AM PST by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Delta 21

waiting for carpet bombing of Iran and a naval blockade.


23 posted on 02/23/2024 12:15:35 PM PST by coalminersson (since )
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To: coalminersson

Wait till they can put nukes on them. They can do poison gas now.


24 posted on 02/23/2024 12:23:31 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Took a page out of the Chicom playbook.


25 posted on 02/23/2024 12:27:10 PM PST by Sirius Lee (Tonight on The Bickersons... )
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To: Delta 21

I thought there were trains with missiles on them here in the US.

Maybe this was something the Soviets actually did.


26 posted on 02/23/2024 12:35:14 PM PST by moviefan8 (The noblest art is that of making others happy. - P.T. Barnum)
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To: ChuckHam

Precisely. 4 EMP warheads would essentially cripple the entire electronic/electrical infrastructure of the US.

See One Second After by William Forchean


27 posted on 02/23/2024 12:37:55 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Delta 21

I just looked at the specs of the tsar bomba. That thing would fit inside a 40 foot shipping container easily, and would ruin the east coast...


28 posted on 02/23/2024 1:04:34 PM PST by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: RinaseaofDs

Great book. Really opened my eyes.


29 posted on 02/23/2024 3:08:26 PM PST by ChuckHam
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