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Iran begins construction of $300 million anti-aircraft missile base
New facility near the city of Abadeh will host 7 battalions, says senior commander
Amid increasing talk of a possible Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities, Iran has begun construction of a new, state-of-the-art, anti-aircraft missile base.
The new base, located near the city of Abadeh, in southern Iran, will cost $300 million, be home to 6,000 personnel, and host seven battalions, Iran’s Fars news agency reported Tuesday.
The Deputy Commander of the Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base, Mohammad Hosseini, said the base, the largest of its kind in Iran, will also include one of the most important military training centers in the country.
Last month, a senior Iranian air defense commander asserted that all Iranian air defense units and systems are fully prepared to repel possible enemy air raids.
Also on Tuesday, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled an upgraded version of a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile just weeks after it was test-fired, Iranian state media reported.
At the ceremony unveiling the Fateh-110, or Conqueror, Ahmadinejad told a group of defense officials that Iran wants to advance its defense technology “not in an aggressive context, but as a deterrence.”
“We do not seek it for conquest, domination of neighboring countries and the world. We do not want it because of defiance,” said Ahmadinejad, according to state TV.
Ricky
August 22nd, 2012
Thanks for the $300 million target..
Sincerely,
The Israeli Air Force
Coinoil
August 22nd, 2012
Correct Ricky! Nice tight, compact target. The carpet kissers better hope their concrete can dry real good before the high explosives arrive to do an on-site assessment of its structural integrity – assuming these boasts are just not more filler for the NYT and friends.
Strike-Anywhere Ukulele
August 22nd, 2012
I can’t wait for them to get their asses blown back to their prophet’s days. But I dread the thought of what that will do to gas prices.
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Two Legged Blue Eyed Cracker
August 22nd, 2012
B-2
Size of an airliner, looks like a goose on radar
“Mahmoud – look! A toy plane. Damn keeds playing nearby. Thees is a meelitary base!”
Stranded in Sonoma
August 22nd, 2012
Here’s a photo of the first missle test shot.
Chip Kale
August 22nd, 2012
Didn’t we recently invent a huge bomb for this sort of thing?
http://www.palisadespost.com/obits/content.php?id=7701
or:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast_bomb
I love to see stuff get blown up!
Chip Kale
August 22nd, 2012
Oops. That first link should have been:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Ordnance_Penetrator
GW Bear
August 22nd, 2012
But can they shoot down an ICBM? I don’t think so.
Lowell
August 22nd, 2012
THIS is what nuclear cruise missiles were designed for. AA batteries have a hell of a time with something barely subsonic, so small they don’t even HAVE to be made stealthy, and twenty feet off the ground.
Xavier
August 22nd, 2012
@Chip Kale
Build a better mousetrap…
http://www.economist.com/node/21548918
RANDO
August 23rd, 2012
@ Xavier
I think we should try these bombs when their concrete is ALMOST dry!