Has Iran’s Supreme Leader Disappeared? – Defense/Middle East – Israel News – Israel National News

Posted by Matt in December 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Activist, Ayatollah Khamenei, Decisions, Defense News, Democracy Movement, Foreign Policy, Iran, Israel, Israel National News, Israel News, Major Cities, Middle East, News Israel, Nuclear Development, Religious Leaders, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, tehran, Underground

An underground Iranian activist has told Israel National News that the country’s highest official — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei — was spirited to a “secret place” for his own safety and that the nation’s religious leaders are “scared.” The source – an activist in the global Iranian pro-democracy movement who is involved in assisting a [...]

DEBKAfile – US giant bunker-buster bomb project rushed since Iran’s Qom site discovered

Posted by Matt in September 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, Air Force Units, Bomb Project, bombs, Bunker Buster Bomb, Clock, Debkafile, Discovery, Giant, International Outcry, Iran, Massive Ordinance Penetrator, Military Sources, Pentagon, Qom, Rush Job, Stealth Bomber, Target Date, Underground, Uranium Enrichment Plant

The Pentagon has brought forward to December 2009 the target-date for producing the first 15-ton super bunker-buster bomb (GBU-57A/B) Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which can reach a depth of 60.09 meters underground before exploding. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that top defense agencies and air force units were also working against the clock to adapt the bay [...]

Moscow: 65 Meters Underground in a Secret Bunker

Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in Russia, Shelters, Alcoholics, Bolshoi Theatre, Citizens, moscow, Notions, Poll Results, Red Square, Russia, Russia Pictures, Russian Pictures, Russians, Secret Bunker, St Basil, St Basil S Cathedral, Third World, Tourists, Traveller, Tretyakov Gallery, tunnels, Underground, Ussr, World Superpower

The Red Square, St. Basil`s Cathedral, Tretyakov Gallery, the Bolshoi Theatre are amongst the “standard” must-see attractions in Moscow for a foreign traveller. However, there are a number of places in Moscow foreign tourists are rarely shown. One of them is restricted USSR military object – Secured Command Post «Taganskiy» (GO-42), located 65 meters underground.
Kotelnicheskii [...]

China Deploys Bomber Coverage Of Korea And Taiwan From Shandong Peninsula

Posted by Matt in June 26th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, 7a, Aerial Support, Aircraft Hangars, Aircraft Maintenance, Attacker, China, Fighter Bombers, Jh, Jining, Line Maintenance, Military Airport, Military Bases In Korea, Shandong Peninsula, Taiwan Strait, Underground

The JH-7A fighter-bombers of China’s No. 5 Attacker Division deployed on the Shandong Peninsula theoretically could cover all the U.S. military bases in Korea and the Taiwan Strait.
They also could receive aerial support from the J-11 fighters deployed at the No. 19 Fighter Division at Jining in southwestern Shandong. Jining has the best military airport [...]

China’s Nuclear Submarine Base at Jianggezhuang

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Ballistic Missile Submarine, Bay 1, China, Dry Dock, Eastern Portion, Google, Google Image, Google Maps, Image Check, Image Maps, Jianggezhuang Naval Base, Nuclear Attack Submarines, Nuclear Submarine Base, Nuclear Submarines, Piers, Qingdao, Submarine Tunnel, Underground, Wikimapia, Xia, Yellow Sea

Jianggezhuang is a Chinese naval base approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Qingdao on the Yellow Sea. The base spans a bay 1.2 miles (1.9 km) across, with the main facilities located in the eastern portion of the bay. There are six piers, a dry dock, various service facilities and an underground submarine tunnel.
The [...]

India worried about China’s growing N-sub prowess

Posted by Matt in May 6th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, India, Military, Absence, Agni Iii Missile, Calcutta, Crosswalk, Defence Establishment, Extent, Fleet, Hainan Island, India, Indian Defence, Islamic Republic News, Islamic Republic News Agency, Missiles, New Delhi, News Articles, Nuclear Submarine Base, Prowess, Republic News Agency, Satellite Pictures, Sheer, South China Sea, Southern Tip, Submarine Reports, submarines, Tabs, Underground

NEW DELHI: The absence of nuclear-powered submarines armed with nuclear-tipped missiles has come back to haunt the Indian defence establishment, even though plans are afoot to test the China-specific Agni-III missile within this week.
Though tabs were being kept on China’s underground nuclear submarine base on the southern tip of the Hainan Island in South China [...]