New Iran rocket launch site shows N. Korea links: Jane's

New Iran rocket launch site shows N. Korea links: Jane's

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LONDON — Iran is building a new rocket launch site a short distance from an existing complex and seems to be working with North Korea, information group IHS Jane's said Friday.

Construction visible from satellite imagery of the new site, near the city of Semnan east of Tehran, suggests that Iran has been collaborating with Pyongyang, said the London-based defence intelligence group.

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I checked directly the IHS Jane's website and found their article. Here is the satellite image. (Full Size

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Iran unveiled the Simorgh (Phoenix) space-launch vehicle (SLV) on February 3 but has not publicly revealed the location of the rocket's launch complex, it reported.

But Jane's said it had observed a new launch pad four kilometres (6.5 miles) northeast of the existing Semnan site on a satellite image dated February 6.

The site could ultimately launch Tehran's next-generation Simorgh rocket, it said.

Jane's said that using satellite photographs taken on February 11, as Iran celebrated the Islamic revolution's 31st birthday, it had identified the Simorgh and Safir-2 rockets displayed in Tehran's Azadi Square.

The site includes a gantry tower which is 13 metres (43 feet) wide, approximately 18-20 metres tall "and has a cliff-side flame bucket nearly as high as the tower itself."

"Similarly, the first stage of the Simorgh strongly resembles the North Korean Unha-2, with four clustered engines and nearly the same dimensions."

The respected information group concluded that Iran appears to be forging ahead with developing its missile and rocket capabilities despite US-led diplomatic pressure, including threats of new United Nations sanctions.

"Given these investments in its missile infrastructure, and despite the United States attempting to garner support for further sanctions against Iran for its nuclear programme, Tehran appears determined to continue developing its missile and rocket capabilities in the foreseeable future," it said.

Would this add to new fears about N.Korea's nuclear arsenal that remains to be seen how the media plays this one out.

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Excellent find old bean.

Maybe one day the World will wake up and smell the coffee and realise you can't trust Iran!

They are making fools of everybody by stalling and then messing with the UN, maybe a few tricks picked up from their pals in North Korea?

We are sitting, watching and doing nothing whilst they make more Nuke fuel every day as well as these launch pads.

Mr Israel, you might as well slit your wrists now. You are doing nothing about this country that wants to kill you all and is clearly making weapons right in front of your eyes that will do it, very easily.

I just don't understand why nothing is being done. Iran even gives rockets to the Muppets in Gaza to kill you and trains more muppets to blow themselves up and kill your people.

Durh, wake up and sort them out!

If Iran really wan't big respect from the world, and all of us normal folk.

Then they should use those rockets for space exploration. Put an Iranian on the moon!

That will shut everyone up, and most people will be hand shakey and non threating again.

Hilary clinton will come along, and take hand-shakey photos with Iran.
Im not sure iran will like here(who does) but will play along..

More and more of stuff like this comes out every single day, and its a damn shame that people have to come on here to find it out.

I never thought I'd see the day where we could watch a country build weapons to destroy an ally country and then possibly aim them at us, and it doesn't make headline news.

Iran has tested nuclear missiles and played em off as earthquakes (an idea they stole from N. Korea, link to thread at bottom) and have no doubt infiltrated our military and homeland security.

And to top it all off with a nice scoop of cool whip, they are making no attempt to hide it because nobody seems to care. They build a launch pad in plain site, tell us they have nuclear capabilities and show their hatred for us and our officials just take it.

*Granted i do think there is things the govt does that we don't know that protects us, and if Iran fired a nuke at us we would not only shoot it down but would then proceed to annihilate them*

I think the sooner these assholes launch something the better because Obama is too soft to make a move on this when he could not benefit from its exposure to the national eye.

Link - www.abovetopsecret.com...

[edit on 10-3-2010 by Plan2exist18]