Satellite images reveal: Heavy damage to Iran's ballistic missile industry

October 27, 2024   

New satellite images from the sensitive site in Iran that was attacked on Saturday night by the Israeli Air Force reveal the extent of the extensive damage caused, with a severe impact on Iran's ability to continue producing ballistic missiles. The Reuters news agency confirmed tonight that Iran's ability to continue developing dedicated fuel for the missiles was significantly damaged. Researcher Dakkar Elabeth told Reuters, based on the satellite images, that Israel dealt a significant blow to Iran's ability to produce missiles through the attack. Elabeth stressed that this would make it more difficult for any future Iranian missile attack to penetrate Israel's air defenses. "Israel says they attacked buildings that house solid fuel mixers. These industrial mixers are difficult to manufacture. Iran has imported many of them over the years in huge amounts, and it is likely that it will have difficulty replacing them." The images show that the buildings at the military missile production sites were surrounded by high mountains of dirt. According to Reuters, the earthen embankments were built to prevent a chain reaction in the event that one building caught fire as a result of an explosion of flammable materials. The Parchin site, which relied on an analysis by the ISIS organization, reported that the Israeli attack damaged a site known as "Taleghan 2", which was previously suspected of conducting experiments related to Iran's nuclear weapons program. Satellite images released yesterday, after the Israeli attack on Iran, showed direct hits on a secret Iranian base in Parchin, about 30 kilometers east of Tehran. In recent years, the secret Iranian base has been called a 'security facility', where, among other things, they are engaged in research and development of missiles and suicide drones. At the same time, senior Iranian officials told the New York Times that the destruction of the air defense systems by Israel has aroused deep concern in Tehran, as critical energy and economic hubs are now vulnerable to future attacks if the military confrontations between Iran and Israel continue. Hamid Hosseini, an expert on Iran's oil and gas industry and a member of the Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce, said: "Israel is sending us a clear message. This could have very serious economic consequences for Iran, and now that we understand the stakes, we must act wisely and not continue the tensions." Yesterday, the Saudi website 'Ilaf', known as a website with good sources in Israel, reported that Israel had destroyed at least 20 fuel mixers, each worth at least two million dollars. Sources familiar with the Iranian missile industry told the Saudi website that it would take at least two years to bring the plant back into operation.