Recent strikes on Iran carried out by stealth missiles undetectable by radars, have hit 4 Iranian NUCLEAR sites;
one an underground warehouse for radioactive uranium,
followed by 7 more sites of Iran’s nuclear program
Also, ongoing atrikes on Iran’s military sites in IRAQ
At least 7 ships catch fire at port in Iran — report
Iranian news agency doesn’t say what started the blaze in Bushehr, the province housing the Islamic Republic’s only nuclear plant
By TOI STAFF Today, 4:35 pm
A screenshot from video of a fire on a ship at the Bushehr port in southern Iran, July 15, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)
At least seven ships caught fire Wednesday at the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr in Iran, the Tasnim news agency reported.
The news agency didn’t say what started the blaze. There were no reports of injuries.
A local official quoted by the official IRNA news agency said authorities were working to bring the fires under control.
Bushehr Province, of which the eponymous port city is the capital, is where Iran’s sole nuclear plant is located.
The incident was the latest in string of mysterious fires and blasts to rock the country. Several of the recent disasters have struck sensitive Iranian sites, leading to speculation that they could be part of a sabotage campaign engineered by Israel.
The blasts included an explosion on July 2 that damaged Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility and, a week before that, a large blast felt in Tehran, apparently caused by an explosion at the Parchin military complex, which defense analysts believe holds an underground tunnel system and missile production facilities.
A Middle Eastern intelligence official was quoted earlier this month by The New York Times as saying the fire that badly damaged a building used for producing centrifuges at Natanz was sparked by Israel and was caused by a powerful bomb.
But the unidentified official said Israel was not linked to several other recent mysterious fires in Iran over the past week.
Iran last week called for action against Israel following the damage to the Natanz facility, and appeared to acknowledge the fire there was not an accident.
Israeli TV reports, without naming sources, have said the blast destroyed the laboratory in which Iran developed faster centrifuges and set back the Iranian nuclear program by one or two years.
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“Israel designs, stealth, high precision, stand-off, Air-to-Surface missile
11 Jun 2018
Israel designs, stealth, high precision, stand-off, Air-to-Surface missile
Undated handout image released June 11, 2018 by Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) shows an Israeli two-seater block 30 F-16D aircraft releasing the new IMS/IAI “Rampage” supersonic, stealth, high precision, Air-to-Surface missile, capable of being launched from a stand-off position by a combat aircraft, 150 km from the target. EFE-EPA/IAI HANDOUT/EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
Two leading Israeli military-industrial companies on Tuesday announced the design of a new supersonic, stealth, high precision, Air-to-Surface missile capable of avoiding detection and penetrate enemy aerial defenses without being intercepted.
According to a joint communique issued by the Israeli Military Industries (IMS) and the Israeli Aircraft Industry (IAI) the new high-precision missile called “Rampage”, now in its final development stage, is capable of being launched from a stand-off position by a combat aircraft, 150 km from the target, penetrating enemy defenses undetected and avoiding interception.”
This is from the article cited by Bear. Obviously, this stealth missile could be operational by now.
What is really behind the mysterious explosions in Iran?
From the worm that infiltrated the Natanz reactor to the recent cyber attack and the explosions – what is happening in Iran?
Israel News Talk Radio , 16/07/20 02
“The Middle East is witnessing a new form of kinetic cyber warfare that has dramatically set back Iran’s nuclear program.
Dr. Stephen Bryen, former Reagan era Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Technology and Security, noted military technologist and Asia Times columnist calls it “Son of Stuxnet”.
That is a reference to the joint US-Israel malworm virus attack in 2009 -2010 on the Natanz enriched uranium cascade facility that destroyed an estimated 1,000 of 5,000 centrifuges. The difference this time was the cyber-attacks may have generated explosions.
Natanz was hit on July 2, 2020 by an explosion that destroyed the equipment and facilities for producing the current generation of advanced centrifuges. That according to David Albright of the Washington, DC-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) may have set back Iran’s nuclear weapons development by 2 plus years and even longer.
Bryen suggests that Israel has been “brilliant” in conducting sophisticated covert and cyber kinetic operations by using in-country assets and highly trained commandos to set up ‘sleeper’ explosions.
This was amplified in remarks by former Vice Chief of Staff and Fox News Analyst General Jack Keane: “Keane thought the alleged strikes were ‘a smart strategy’ on the part of Israel. If you accept the objective that we do not want Iran to have nuclear weapons with missiles that can deliver them, then the strategy the Israelis are doing, likely with at least the moral support of the US, is fairly savvy because it gives the Israelis deniability, ”he explained.” This is from the summary of an Israel Talk Radio program, routed through today’s Arutz Sheva’s radio page.
Whether the methods used by Israel are stealth missiles or cyber-warfare, and whether or not the U.S. is assisting these operations, they are obviously a good thing and a remarkable achievement.
@Ted, there are NOT really stealth missiles. Cruise missiles which fly very low can be what is called low observation missiles because they may fly below radar. They can also be programed to fly in ways that they are harder to shoot down, like going around mountains and not flying in a straight line.
Israel has been working on a stealth missile that flies at supersonic speeds but I do not believe it is active in the IDF yet.
https://www.efe.com/efe/english/technology/israel-designs-stealth-high-precision-stand-off-air-to-surface-missile/50000267-3645524
I think the USA might be behind many of mysterious occurrences in Iran with the help of other parties. I have no secret information but Trump owed the Iranians pay back for numerous Iranian attacks on US personnel and facilities.