Iranian Foreign & Resistance Front Strategy & Operations

[last-soul]

USA would heavily sanction China for selling arms to Iran.
That’s why they don’t.

It can be done covertly though.

 

[Cthulhu]

Well it seems the Satellite image of the Nevatim air base is out


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Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base​

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This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows Israel’s Nevatim air base on Friday, April 19, 2024. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows a repaired taxiway after Iranian attack on Israel’s Nevatim air base Friday, April 19, 2024. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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This still from an undated handout video released by the Israeli military shows workers trying to repair a taxiway at Israel’s Nevatim air base. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Israeli military via AP)
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BY JON GAMBRELL
Updated 5:59 PM GMT+3:30, April 20, 2024
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows.
The overall damage done to Nevatim air base in southern Israel was minor despite Iran launching hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Israeli air defenses and fighter jets, backed by the U.S., the United Kingdom and neighboring Jordan, shot down the vast majority of the incoming fire.
But the Iranian attack last weekend showed Tehran’s willingness to use its vast arsenal of ballistic missiles directly against Israel as tensions remain high across the wider Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. An apparent Israeli retaliatory attack Friday on Isfahan, Iran, and Tehran’s low-key response to it suggest both countries want to dial back their long-running shadow war for now — though risks of a wider conflagration in the region remain.

The Planet Labs PBC image, taken Friday for the AP, shows fresh blacktop across a taxiway near hangars at the southern part of Nevatim air base, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Jerusalem. The daily newspaper Haaretz, which published lower-resolution images of the site Thursday, identified the hangars nearby as housing C-130 cargo aircraft flown by transport squadrons.


The satellite image corresponds to footage earlier released by the Israeli military, which showed construction equipment working on the damaged taxiway. A hangar in the background of the video mirrors those seen nearby.
Other images released by the Israeli military showed a crater in the sand and damage under what appeared to be a wall that it said came from the Iranian attack. The little visible damage seen at the air base in the satellite image directly contradicts Iran’s efforts to portray the attack as a great victory to a public alienated by the Islamic Republic’s cratering economy and its heavy-handed crackdowns on dissent in recent years.

This still from an undated handout video released by the Israeli military shows workers trying to repair a taxiway at Israel's Nevatim air base. (Israeli military via AP)

This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows a repaired taxiway after Iranian attack on Israel's Nevatim air base Friday, April 19, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
“This operation became a sign of the power of the Islamic Republic and its armed forces,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Friday. “It also showed the steely determination of our nation and our wise leader, the commander of all forces.”
However, it does show Iran’s arsenal has the ability to reach Israel, as the April 13 attack marked the first direct military assault on the country by a foreign nation since Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein launched Scud missiles at Israel in the 1991 Gulf War.

JON GAMBRELL
Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006.

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Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base

An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway.

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Not sure if more satellite images are out there or not.

 

[Persian Gulf]

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looks like one quadcopter struck the s-300 radar (96L6E acquisition radar) ... and IRI is lying to us ...

...

practical next steps:

• adopt simple drone EW/jamming countermeasures at all significant military / nuclear sites. every airport should already have these!
• work to locate source of quadcopter launches
• ABM systems are too expensive and the cost/benefit ratio doesn't justify it given Iran's size and finances. but at least some ABM capability (Bavar-373) needs to be deployed at the major nuclear/military sites
• develop our own ALBM. su-22 / f-14 can likely penetrate Iraqi airspace (to a limited extent) for such launches, reducing time from launch to impact

 

[Mehdipersian]

Well it seems the Satellite image of the Nevatim air base is out


WORLD NEWS

Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base​

1 of 3 |
This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows Israel’s Nevatim air base on Friday, April 19, 2024. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows a repaired taxiway after Iranian attack on Israel’s Nevatim air base Friday, April 19, 2024. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Read More

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This still from an undated handout video released by the Israeli military shows workers trying to repair a taxiway at Israel’s Nevatim air base. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Israeli military via AP)
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BY JON GAMBRELL
Updated 5:59 PM GMT+3:30, April 20, 2024
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows.
The overall damage done to Nevatim air base in southern Israel was minor despite Iran launching hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Israeli air defenses and fighter jets, backed by the U.S., the United Kingdom and neighboring Jordan, shot down the vast majority of the incoming fire.
But the Iranian attack last weekend showed Tehran’s willingness to use its vast arsenal of ballistic missiles directly against Israel as tensions remain high across the wider Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. An apparent Israeli retaliatory attack Friday on Isfahan, Iran, and Tehran’s low-key response to it suggest both countries want to dial back their long-running shadow war for now — though risks of a wider conflagration in the region remain.

The Planet Labs PBC image, taken Friday for the AP, shows fresh blacktop across a taxiway near hangars at the southern part of Nevatim air base, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Jerusalem. The daily newspaper Haaretz, which published lower-resolution images of the site Thursday, identified the hangars nearby as housing C-130 cargo aircraft flown by transport squadrons.


The satellite image corresponds to footage earlier released by the Israeli military, which showed construction equipment working on the damaged taxiway. A hangar in the background of the video mirrors those seen nearby.
Other images released by the Israeli military showed a crater in the sand and damage under what appeared to be a wall that it said came from the Iranian attack. The little visible damage seen at the air base in the satellite image directly contradicts Iran’s efforts to portray the attack as a great victory to a public alienated by the Islamic Republic’s cratering economy and its heavy-handed crackdowns on dissent in recent years.

This still from an undated handout video released by the Israeli military shows workers trying to repair a taxiway at Israel's Nevatim air base. (Israeli military via AP)

This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows a repaired taxiway after Iranian attack on Israel's Nevatim air base Friday, April 19, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
“This operation became a sign of the power of the Islamic Republic and its armed forces,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Friday. “It also showed the steely determination of our nation and our wise leader, the commander of all forces.”
However, it does show Iran’s arsenal has the ability to reach Israel, as the April 13 attack marked the first direct military assault on the country by a foreign nation since Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein launched Scud missiles at Israel in the 1991 Gulf War.

JON GAMBRELL
Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006.
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Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base

An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway.

apnews.com

Not sure if more satellite images are out there or not.

We have video of at least 4 missiles hitting this base. This did not show the rest of the place of collisions.

 

[Mehdipersian]

The results of Iran's attack on Israel according to the western media

Satellite and video footage:[6] Damage of at least one building in Dimona nuclear facility 4+ direct missile hits at Nevatim Airbase 5+ direct missile hits at at Ramon Airbase Per Israel: Nevatim and Ramon Airbase slightly damaged[7] 1 C-130 transport aircraft damaged[7] Per Iran: Ramon Airbase struck by seven missiles and Nevatim Airbase struck by missiles.[8]
Casualties	1 Israeli civilian critically injured by shrapnel;[9] 31 others treated for minor injuries or anxiety[10][11][12]

 

[FuturePAF]

Btw, it was two squadrons of USAF F-15Es that shot down most Iranian drones a week ago, with IR missiles of I’m not mistaken.

(IMHO, PAF JF-17s or large drones; FH-97A flying with the IR FAAZ missiles would make a good defense against enemy cruise missiles at times of heightened tensions)

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[Cthulhu]

looks like one quadcopter struck the s-300 radar (96L6E acquisition radar) ... and IRI is lying to us ...

That burn marks on earth is not the work of a quadcopter.

 

[Immortals]

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looks like one quadcopter struck the s-300 radar (96L6E acquisition radar) ... and IRI is lying to us ...

...

practical next steps:

• adopt simple drone EW/jamming countermeasures at all significant military / nuclear sites. every airport should already have these!
• work to locate source of quadcopter launches
• ABM systems are too expensive and the cost/benefit ratio doesn't justify it given Iran's size and finances. but at least some ABM capability (Bavar-373) needs to be deployed at the major nuclear/military sites
• develop our own ALBM. su-22 / f-14 can likely penetrate Iraqi airspace (to a limited extent) for such launches, reducing time from launch to impact

I’d probably pull a Saddam and execute the air defense crew. Total ineptitude not being able to stop Toy quadcopters. That clown FM saying these a “kid toys”, well they just damaged one of your most prized possessions.

My guess is Israel attacked at dawn when the night air defense crew changed shifts with the morning crew.

To have an S-300 radar damaged from a quadcopter (or BM) inside a major air base deep within Iran is embarrassing. Most of all when you have all these different systems you developed over the years that can stop such systems. It’s not 2007 anymore.

It’s quite clear Iran isn’t ready to fight war with the West. They still have a lot to learn about basic protection of assets.

Not suprising they tried to hide this attack as they boxed themselves with that absurd redline they were never going to enforce. Don’t expect Syria strikes to stop either.

 

[Immortals]

Is the blackness of the earth the reason for the explosion? Why don't they publish a clear picture?

That’s a 3M resolution photo.

To go <1M or <50cm is gonna cost money. Someone has to pay for that level of detailed Sat imagery.

It’s not free.

 

[Hack-Hook]

I’d probably pull a Saddam and execute the air defense crew. Total ineptitude not being able to stop Toy quadcopters. That clown FM saying these a “kid toys”, well they just damaged one of your most prized possessions.

My guess is Israel attacked at dawn when the night air defense crew changed shifts with the morning crew.

To have an S-300 radar damaged from a quadcopter (or BM) inside a major air base deep within Iran is embarrassing. Most of all when you have all these different systems you developed over the years that can stop such systems. It’s not 2007 anymore.

It’s quite clear Iran isn’t ready to fight war with the West. They still have a lot to learn about basic protection of assets.

Not suprising they tried to hide this attack as they boxed themselves with that absurd redline they were never going to enforce. Don’t expect Syria strikes to stop either.

if the damage on s-300 really happened and its done by quad copters well its not the problem of the crew of s-300 their system is not designed to defend against it. go and blame the people who were manning the guns and short range air defense

 

[Immortals]

Well it seems the Satellite image of the Nevatim air base is out


WORLD NEWS

Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base​

1 of 3 |
This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows Israel’s Nevatim air base on Friday, April 19, 2024. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Read More

2 of 3 |
This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows a repaired taxiway after Iranian attack on Israel’s Nevatim air base Friday, April 19, 2024. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Read More

3 of 3 |
This still from an undated handout video released by the Israeli military shows workers trying to repair a taxiway at Israel’s Nevatim air base. An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. (Israeli military via AP)
Read More

BY JON GAMBRELL
Updated 5:59 PM GMT+3:30, April 20, 2024
Share
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows.
The overall damage done to Nevatim air base in southern Israel was minor despite Iran launching hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Israeli air defenses and fighter jets, backed by the U.S., the United Kingdom and neighboring Jordan, shot down the vast majority of the incoming fire.
But the Iranian attack last weekend showed Tehran’s willingness to use its vast arsenal of ballistic missiles directly against Israel as tensions remain high across the wider Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. An apparent Israeli retaliatory attack Friday on Isfahan, Iran, and Tehran’s low-key response to it suggest both countries want to dial back their long-running shadow war for now — though risks of a wider conflagration in the region remain.

The Planet Labs PBC image, taken Friday for the AP, shows fresh blacktop across a taxiway near hangars at the southern part of Nevatim air base, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Jerusalem. The daily newspaper Haaretz, which published lower-resolution images of the site Thursday, identified the hangars nearby as housing C-130 cargo aircraft flown by transport squadrons.


The satellite image corresponds to footage earlier released by the Israeli military, which showed construction equipment working on the damaged taxiway. A hangar in the background of the video mirrors those seen nearby.
Other images released by the Israeli military showed a crater in the sand and damage under what appeared to be a wall that it said came from the Iranian attack. The little visible damage seen at the air base in the satellite image directly contradicts Iran’s efforts to portray the attack as a great victory to a public alienated by the Islamic Republic’s cratering economy and its heavy-handed crackdowns on dissent in recent years.

This still from an undated handout video released by the Israeli military shows workers trying to repair a taxiway at Israel's Nevatim air base. (Israeli military via AP)

This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows a repaired taxiway after Iranian attack on Israel's Nevatim air base Friday, April 19, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
“This operation became a sign of the power of the Islamic Republic and its armed forces,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Friday. “It also showed the steely determination of our nation and our wise leader, the commander of all forces.”
However, it does show Iran’s arsenal has the ability to reach Israel, as the April 13 attack marked the first direct military assault on the country by a foreign nation since Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein launched Scud missiles at Israel in the 1991 Gulf War.

JON GAMBRELL
Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006.
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Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base

An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway.

apnews.com

Not sure if more satellite images are out there or not.

And yet no pictures of Ramon air base or Golan high security radar installation.

Very telling

 

[Immortals]

if the damage on s-300 really happened and its done by quad copters well its not the problem of the crew of s-300 their system is not designed to defend against it. go and blame the people who were manning the guns and short range air defense

You think quadcopters can penatrate airports? If so how come airports around the world aren’t being attacked by terrorist quadcopters from the store?

Simple device crashes drone


Where was Tor-M1? Majid? Dey? Skyguard? Etc etc

Why are these idiots standing around with manual AA guys like it’s 1940 Berlin?

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[Immortals]

That’s a 3M resolution photo.

To go <1M or <50cm is gonna cost money. Someone has to pay for that level of detailed Sat imagery.

It’s not free.

Once again Immortals is a brilliant brilliant man

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[Cthulhu]

if the damage on s-300 really happened and its done by quad copters well its not the problem of the crew of s-300 their system is not designed to defend against it. go and blame the people who were manning the guns and short range air defense

This is the damage that quadcopters can cause:

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Now here scorched earth marks are visible on low-res satellite images:

and on the enhanced SAR images the 30N6E radar seems to be cut in half:

So most likely this radar was targeted by a standoff munition of some sort, A ballistic or cruise missile, This is based on what we have so far.

 

[Immortals]

This is the damage that quadcopters can cause:

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Now here scorched earth marks are visible on low-res satellite images:

and on the enhanced SAR images the 30N6E radar seems to be cut in half:

So most likely this radar was targeted by a standoff munition of some sort, A ballistic or cruise missile, This is based on what we have so far.

You underestimate what a quadcopter (FPV) can do. Both Russia and Ukraine use them extensively.