Re: Militär teknik och Ukrainakriget
Postat: söndag 29 januari 2023 20:22
Israel Strikes Iran Amid International Push to Contain Tehran
En intressant artikel om Israels möjligheter att bidra till Ukrainas försvar. Det kan vara effektivare att förstöra Irans vapenproduktion än att skicka vapen till Ukraina. Vidare antyder artikeln att Irans rymdprogram är en front för landets vapenutveckling. USA har liknande farhågor om Kinas rymdprogram:WSJ skrev:Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns made an unannounced trip to Israel last week to discuss Iran and other regional issues, according to people familiar with his visit. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Monday to continue the U.S.-Israel talks about Iran and other regional issues.
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“This is a smart trifecta where Israel can hurt Iran, help Ukraine, and not risk its strategic interests in Syria or run the risk of the diversion of its sensitive military technology to Russia and into Iran,” said Mark Dubowitz, chief executive officer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank critical of Iran.
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Mr. Solomon said satellite imagery showed the warehouse is located across the street from a site belonging to a unit of the Iran Space Research Center—a U.S.-sanctioned organization that has worked with the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, which is responsible for Iran’s ballistic missile programs, and the Iranian Ministry of Defense.
Satellite Imagery From the Shahed-136 Factory in Isfahan Appeared After an Alleged StrikeDefense One skrev:China’s push into space brings many potential cooperation opportunities in science, commerce, and exploration. However, the PLA’s direct involvement across much of the Chinese space program means caution is warranted. Any technology or sensitive information shared with these entities is flowing at the organizational, infrastructure, and human level to the PLA. This is significant because technologies used for spaceflight and spacecraft can be applied to weapons like intercontinental ballistic missiles, while space situational awareness capabilities can also be used for anti-satellite warfare.
Enligt satellitbilder är skadorna på de anläggningar som tillverkar mördardrönarna begränsade, men Israel hade kanske ett annat mål...Defense Express skrev:The next day after a supposed strike, we have publicly available relevant satellite imagery of the plant producing Shahed-136 and other UAVs in the iranian city of Isfahan.
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Therefore, the available imagery doesn't seem to prove any significant damage, let alone complete destruction of the Shahed-producing facility.
Moreover, we should keep in mind that all the critical and important industrial lines iran hides beneath the surface. The country creates entire underground industrial complexes. To hit one of those, one would need special high-power bunker buster shells.