Report: Spy Photos Reveal 'Secret Launch Site' For Iran's Long-Range Missiles

Times Online   |  Michael Evans   |   April 10, 2008 11:39 PM


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The secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has been uncovered by new satellite photographs.

The imagery has pinpointed the facility from where the Iranians launched their Kavoshgar 1 "research rocket" on February 4, claiming that it was in connection with their space programme.

Analysis of the photographs taken by the Digital Globe QuickBird satellite four days after the launch has revealed a number of intriguing features that indicate to experts that it is the same site where Iran is focusing its efforts on developing a ballistic missile with a range of about 6,000km (4,000 miles).

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"There's an old saying in Tennessee " I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee " that says, fool me once, shame on " shame on you. Fool me " you can't get fooled again."

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:34 PM on 04/12/2008

I believe spy photos showed mobile weapons labs in Iraq as well. Hmm...

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:09 PM on 04/12/2008

I believe, in the words of the prescient Secretary of State Rice, that this is a "grave and gathering danger". Moreover, I heard at the barber shop that Iranian exile sources on our payroll have learned that Iran has attempted to purchase yellow-cake uranium from Niger, and that there is solid evidence to prove it, including documents signed by the Minister of the Mines. Gosh, we cannot get McCain in office soon enough for my taste since Bush and Cheney are too faint-hearted to bomb early and fast enough to address this imminent threat.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:31 PM on 04/12/2008

Of course, at this point, NOTHING our government asserts is viewed with any credibility. That is one of the greater dangers this Bush administration has created for our nation.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:06 PM on 04/12/2008

For those who may find it difficult to find the satellite image with only the coordinates, try this link:

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=0&lon=0&z=1.5&r=0&src=ggl

As I look at this image, I do not see what would constitute a missile launching facility, but then, I am not an expert in these matters. Perhaps someone who knows more could suggest something in the photo that would represent such a facility...

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:55 PM on 04/12/2008

Uh, I forgot, you will need to paste the coordinates, given in the posts below, into the lower left corner search box at the Web site, and then click on the little magnifying glass icon in that same search box.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:00 PM on 04/12/2008

Oh no! Next thing you know, they will be launching missles at defenseless nations causing the deaths of untold thousands and destroying nations.

Ooops, no that would be us.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:17 PM on 04/12/2008

Every one please go to google earth/maps and check it out for yourselves, search coordinates:

N 35 13 19, E 53 53 41...

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:47 AM on 04/12/2008

Great stuff. Thanks for the google coordinates. Here's what I noticed:

There are three roads leading into the facility. A dirt road heads west toward another facility and then into rough rural.

The northern paved road heads into northern mountains and then links into other roads.

Check the eastern road. It is paved, heads directly east in a straight line. The sat image drops in resolution significantly. About 20 miles from the facility the road adds a branch heading SE but the main road continues direct E. And it is a very straight line through what looks like very rough terrain.

At about 25 miles the road ends. Just stops.

I find that curious. Probably nothing, but still curious.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:27 PM on 04/12/2008

Took another look at the Eastern road. I don't think it's paved.

About 1/4 mile out there is a branch heading NE. Leads to what DigitalGlobe marks as a rifle range.

About 1/2 out there is another branch heading NE and also what may be a runway, also heading NE. The branch road goes to what looks to me to be an abandoned facility.

This stuff could be anything.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:40 PM on 04/12/2008

Every one please go to google earth/maps and check it out for yourselves, search coordinates:

N 35 13 19, E 53 53 41..

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:47 AM on 04/12/2008

Every one please go to google earth/maps and check it out for yourselves, search coordinates:

N 35 13 19, E 53 53 41.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:46 AM on 04/12/2008

Regarding Iraq's WMD:

""We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat." "

Donald Rumsfailed

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favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:14 AM on 04/12/2008

And how many long-range missile sites do WE have? (which WE need to PRE-EMPTIVELY strike a sovereign nation that might attack us?)

"the Polish Government is still negotiating with Washington over the American request to site ten interceptor missiles in Poland."

And how many long-range "interceptor" missile sites will WE have in Poland? (which WE need to PRE-EMPTIVELY strike a sovereign nation that might attack us?)

Is this a classic case of WE, THE AMERICAN EMPIRE, "protecting OUR interests" ALL OVER THE WORLD!?

OUR modus operandi...TAKE and you shall receive...if it TAKES 100 years? Let no man put asunder "OUR special interests" ALL OVER THE WORLD!

Isn't it time AMERICA stopped TAKING lands and lives?

OBAMA '08! (IF it's not too late!)
HOPE & CHANGE!

Stay safe, healthy and happy,
Love, Loretta

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:12 AM on 04/12/2008

Loretta.

The interceptor missiles being negotiated for basing in Poland are not offensive weapons and are not designed to "pre-emptively strike a sovereign nation." They are designed to knock down incoming missile attacks and are part of a planned system to shield Europe from Iranian attack.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:04 PM on 04/12/2008

You are correct, that is what we use our cruise missiles and B2 bombers for.

How many nations can we destroy before we get ours from an angry world?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:22 PM on 04/12/2008

Many Americans think Iranian people will roll over after a few bombs are dropped on them.

They think everyone in the world wants to the have the totally crazy sleazy type culture America has.

Many are they ever WRONG

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:43 AM on 04/12/2008

There seems to be some kind of reviewing stand and surrounding bleachers surrounding what looks like two tennis courts. There is also information from DigiGlobe that says it's a site used to test weapons. That information says that the Sahib missile site is not far from there. Check it out N 35 13 19, E 53 53 41.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:25 AM on 04/12/2008

When I said large new building on the right I was referring to the more complete picture here:

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/april2008/110408_b_scam.htm It does not appear in the Huffpo version either. Go ahead and look at it.... put N 35 13 19, E 53 53 41 in the Google Earth Fly to box.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:16 AM on 04/12/2008

Back on topic. The area indeed seems odd. However if you want to really look at it try putting these coordinates into your copy of Google Earth: N 35 13 19, E 53 53 41 . The Google pictures are a bit out of date as they don't have the building on the far right in them with the dark road leading through it. Judge for yourself what you think it is. Given the US intel apparatus history of intelligence being right, your estimate is probably just as good, if not better. Go ahead and look at it.

It looks like a quarry to me. The odd new building is a puzzle though. Perhaps to have trucks drive through to wash down the rocks?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:12 AM on 04/12/2008

We have become what we loath. We are the terrorists now. God help us overthrow, in the voting booth, this oppressive regime. In the meantime, Congress must stand up against this insanity until January 20, 2009.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:42 PM on 04/11/2008

No way, Congress is just as guilty of war crimes as is the little deserter.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:06 AM on 04/12/2008

Only hand-wringing hyperbole can save us.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:10 AM on 04/12/2008

On the McLaughlin Group tonight, Pat Buchanan said the odds were 50/50 we'd be at war with Iran by October. He sounded like he was handicapping a horse race. It appears the level of cynicism has gotten to the point where nobody even questions these things. They just accept it's likely to happen.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:39 PM on 04/11/2008

Watching the McLaughlin group with its crosstalking hyenas grates on my nerves.

My wife wants to throw something at the TV when its on.

She hates Americans and she says those bozos are idiots.

She is right.

Loudmouthed morons.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:17 AM on 04/12/2008

I can't stop laughing

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:11 PM on 04/11/2008

Just the latest pre-war rhetoric courtesy of CheneyCo.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:01 PM on 04/11/2008

Ramirez

I will tell you what a true terror organisation is.

Its a group of people that would attack a country that was more or less already on its knees with Cruise Missiles, DU shells, cluster bombs, White Phosphorous, Napalm etc etc etc.

All in the name of bringing them 'freedom' when they didn't even ask for it.

The height of terrroism.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:15 PM on 04/11/2008

I really don't like to copy and paste my own comments but I guess I have to.

Hizbollah is a terrorist organization. Look at this brief history of their track record:

1. US Marine barracks bombed in Beirut - courtesy of Hizbollah
2. Hijacked AA flight, murder of Robert Stethem - Hizbollah again
3. Numerous westerners and journalists kidnapped and mistreated - Hizbollah
4. Daily rocket attacks into Israel - Hizbollah
5. Intimidation and assassination of Lebanese political rivals - Hizbollah

So if it sounds like a duck, looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, then what else could it possibly be.

Hizbollah = Terrorists

I could add more but most reasonable and logical people will already get the point.

Hizbollah = Terrorists

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:58 PM on 04/11/2008

Quadman,

There were 7581 terrorist attacks during the period 1981 to 2001 worldwide.

The attacks below were conducted through five (5) U. S. Administrations
* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
* Dhahran , Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
* Nairobi , Kenya US Embassy 1998;
* Dares Salaam , Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
* Aden , Yemen USS Cole 2000;
* New York World Trade Center 2001;
* Pentagon 2001.

Also a little diddy for those interested in facts:

Annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1993 through 2006:

1993 .......... 1,213
1994 .......... 1,075
1995 ...........2,465
1996 ......... 2,318 Clinton years @13,417 deaths
1997 .......... 817
1998 ......... 2,252
1999 .......... 1,984

-------------------------------------------------
2000 .......... 1,983
2001 .......... 890
2002 .......... 1,007 Bush years @ 9,016 deaths
2003 .......... 1,410
2004 .......... 1,887
2005 ......... 919
2006.......... 920
------------------------------------------------------------
European descent (White) ............ 69.12%
Hispanic .............................12.5%
Black.................................12.3%
Asian .................................3.7%
Native American .......................1.0%
Other .................................2.6%

Fatalities by Race over the past three years:

European descent (white) ............74.31%
Hispanic ............................10.74%
Black ................................9.67%
Asian ................................1.81%
Native American...................... 1.09%
Other ..................................33%

Published by Congressional Research Service:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf

Hope this clears up some thinking but I very much doubt it.

Peace out...

OC

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:31 PM on 04/12/2008

quadman,

Please stop confusing us with the facts sir.

OC

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:03 PM on 04/12/2008

PSSST WE OVER THREWTHE deM ELECTED GOVS OR iRAN AND iRAQ FOR OIL

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:09 AM on 04/12/2008

Dirty deeds done dirt cheap doesn't make a terrorist organization. If that were the case quadman every country would be on a list

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:46 PM on 04/11/2008

Well when THEY come here to terrorize us, then they will be my enemy, until then, it seems like israel has a problem....not us.
On the matter of Robert Stethem, he was active duty military, returning from god-knows-what assignment in GREECE..............(don't even go there with *our* current understanding of what is a legitimate target.)
Once again: if they come here then they will be my enemy.
Please honor our Country and eschew this zionist drivel.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:22 PM on 04/11/2008

Spy photos reveal 'secret launch site' for Iran's long-range missiles
A close examination of the photographs has indicated that the Iranians are following the same path as North Korea

Folks, remember all those photos the mainstream media showed us that were claimed to be Iraqi WMD sites? Then after the invasion they turned out to be rather benign? (In one case, a building marked as a biological weapons lab on a US photo turned out to be a bakery.)

Then there was the photo of an Iraqi nuclear facility that a sharp-eyed Google Earth user recognized as actually being in another country entirely?

With that sordid history in mind, let us take a real look at the photo from this article, which purports to show where Iran is "developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe".

See any launch pads?

See any actual rockets?

See any trucks able to carry rockets?

See any rocket fuel trucks or storage tanks?

See any roads strong enough to hold heavy trucks with heavy rockets?

Read the entire article. The "evidence" that this is a facility to build long range rockets rests solely on the fact that the building is the same size and shape (rectangle) as a building the Chinese use to make a rocket. Talk about a clincher!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:16 PM on 04/11/2008

OK be your own "NeoCON CIA analyst" . . check the Google Earth map and see for yourself where this mighty threat to the world is located - scan carefully and note how those crafty Iranians have hidden all those rocket launcher pads and test units, fuel trucks, power facilities, support facilities and military installations!!! So clever - - we need to take McSame's advice and bomb now while we can!!
Google Earth, Check:
N35.13.19
E53.53.41
Let's not forget that we staged a pre-emptive invasion of a sovereign nation based on even worse images, but we did have Cheney's boychick embezzler Chalibi . . . Colon Bowel could have a ball with THESE at the UN - they're in COLOR!!!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:20 PM on 04/11/2008

I believe the CIA obtained these photos from 5 homeless guys who traded them for some new boots. Excellent trade.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:24 PM on 04/11/2008

Gladys:

Your comment is copied/pasted in its entirety from here:
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The Iranian "Secret Missile Launch Site" Scam

Mike Rivero
WhatReallyHappened.com
Friday, April 11, 2008
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/april2008/110408_b_scam.htm

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:41 PM on 04/11/2008

How can it be "secret" if we have pictures of it???

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:17 PM on 04/11/2008