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2023-02-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran’s new underground air base seen preparing to host advanced Russian fighter jets

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 ....Like I said the other day - don't matter how deep you dig it, there's two things that have to be above ground: the power connections and the door.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2023-02-19 10:32|| 2023-02-19 10:32|| Front Page Top

#2 So gonna move out the mostly non functional F-4's and the last F-14 to make parking spaces?
One other likely visible access point to the underground hangers would be the air exhaust. It's gotta be big, or you can't run the engines while inside. And if you can't run the engines inside, it's just a parking garage.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-02-19 11:17|| 2023-02-19 11:17|| Front Page Top

#3 The Strategic Importance of Defeating Underground Facilities

'America’s potential adversaries have realized that current non-nuclear penetrating weapons are relatively ineffective in destroying underground facilities. According to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, “the use of underground facilities…is expanding as potential adversaries conceal and protect their most vital national security functions and activities.” As such, underground facilities likely constitute adversary centers of gravity. In fact, vital national security functions and activities describe strategic centers of gravity. Therefore, if resources allow, attacks on these centers of gravity may deal a decisive blow to the enemy. This paper will discuss adversary mindset changes in utilizing underground facilities; it will argue that successful targeting of these facilities may persuade the adversary to discontinue their efforts. It will also examine the most relevant ethical questions in directly targeting strategic leaders known to be hidden in such facilities. Finally, it will focus on specific challenges in defeating underground facilities. The conclusion argues that the strategic importance of underground facilities demands national-level attention to the practical and ethical questions relevant to successfully attacking and defeating them.'

BLUF: The greater their perceived achievement, the more immediate the requirement for their destruction.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-19 11:21|| 2023-02-19 11:21|| Front Page Top

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