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IRGC is refurbishing T-72 Ural and T-72M they got from Iraq and other sources, here. If the IRGC T-72 (Karrar-like) upgrade package is fully developed and accepted, those obsolete T-72 models will come back for the standardized upgrade, after them IRGC T-72S which are significantly better...

What you say is possible, yes. However note that you would need a very powerful turbofan with an afterburner to reach more than mach 2. Basically none of the players have gone for such a solution (Russia, China). Also note how short the intakes are on the Iranian missile, it would not make...

Omid Dana needs a larger and better team + little less arrogance. I did good reports but this Titanic thing is one of the unnecessary ones... I mean no one in his team told him that the poor people in Titanic basically sold all they had to start a new life in the U.S... In his mind he thinks...

A batch of centrifuges destroyed is no issue for Iran. Likely most of those parts survived the explosion and even fire in their boxes. The issue are the balancing machines and calibration systems which need to be replaced. This facility was Irans asset to tell the west that it can rapidly...

Come on stop the bullshit... This was a assembly and calibration facility... Important is the centrifuge R&D facility that is still doing its job 2 years... what a nonsense... Credible New York Times..

Sometimes you are inferior and have to realize it. 1980 Iran didn't become 2020 Iran by not seeing the realities and overestimating itself. It is a process that takes patience and wise decisions. Still: Iran directly hit the most important areas of a U.S base and likely killed a VIP in a behind...

Your logic is flawed, no one believed that the U.S would simply take it and not respond except the few that knows about Iran deterrence. The same here. However timing is for Iran to select. @BlueInGreen2 Possible that it was a long range stealth CM that made it trough, but unlikely. It...

@AmirPatriot Meanwhile the explosion looks certainly too intense for a planted explosive. @TheImmortal Sure it was a good move for the Israelis and they exploited a miscalculation by Iran. However its a dirty measure that allows Iran to retaliate. In a good strategic situation you don't...

Much shorter range. More like a pickup parked and abandoned in some village 10-20km around Natanz. We talk about a novel terrain masking system not yet unveiled, small and hard for the few Tors to detect. Iran removed all, and I mean ALL of the AAA systems with optical systems which covered...

Possible. I believe several small guided missiles or drones could have been responsible. Small because they must have been smuggled in. A secret Spike NLOS variant comes to my mind.

This workshop only assembles the final parts, which themselves are already assembled, do balancing and testrun. If it is ok it goes out to either Natanz itself or trucked to Fordow. The important capability is manufacture, and thats not done there. Now they must replace it fast if they want...

One thing should be clear: Israel has more such hidden assets in Iran it can activate. You can't defend against it everywhere. The only way is creating equal assets against Israeli objects. When both sides know about it, neither side will simply use it. Israels use is rather a sign of...

Covert action, enemies have to feel it, otherwise it will continue. Could be cyber or direct sabotage. But if it is too much Trump has a reason to move away from his internal quagmire.

You attack what you are able to attack without getting catched to be able to plausibly deny. Israel fears that Trump may loose elections, they need to do something, otherwise Iran will just sit it out until November.

That carbon nozzle is exclusively for the Dezful. P/N is part number but 5 batches with 42 nozzles produced in batch/lot 5 is of course a good number. 5*50 are 250 Dezful, although initial batches might have been smaller or later batches larger. It gives a idea on the numbers.

Trump has many problems and is in the corner for now. No need for Iranian action at the moment. When he gets back on his feet yes, then Iran will act.

The BMP-2 30mm cannon is a engineering masterpiece. It's like the AK of autocannons. A unmanned turret that solves it's smoke generation problem at high rate of fire, is hence always welcome. But it's just a SSJ project, remains to be seen if it is realized in numbers.

Nighttime and berms at the HE areas there give hope that death toll should not be very high like in 2011. Berms also would limit the damage. However the explosion was huge... Lets hope so, as sat images will likely appear tomorrow.

Expect the 3rd Khordad radar to be used if they think an "air defense FAC" concept is a good idea. But I then expect Sayyad-2's as missile, with their airtight containers, that solves the saltwater environment issue.

Kalibr/YJ-18 equivalent. There is no other reason to call a supersonic missile a turbofan engine equipped one. IRGC-N may already have it in horizontal launch version. Navy likely is second in the order list and needs a VLS version of it. Purely ramjet engines do not fit well in a Navy VLS, if...