So the agents are currently detained
They were targetting K-4 missiles production if i understand
This brings experience for future attempts of sabotage, if this was not detected, whole facilities would have been blown up killing everyone working there
They have no power to directly do something in Iran and claim direct responsibility, as i always said their threats of war is limited to sabotage attempts and trying to get Iranian consent to be bombed. This is how they work when they cannot cross the airspace of another country and launching bombs at random targets killing random people, calling this "heroic defense of the jewish state"
We had the hasbara that the resistance and Hezbollah was weakening and were going to be dismantled, meanwhile colonial forces are at exposure of death at anytime. The hasbara that an "Iranian terrorist" was going to do a terror attack in Cyprus, the "proof" being a Luftansha airlines plane ticket and contradictory documents. The quadcopter primitive attempt. Opening of the nuclear security branch last year
All seems to let imagine that they lack in any long term sabotage and now even on short term sabotage.
These connectors are used in both our missiles and drones.
Full details:
جزئیات جدید از کشف بزرگترین خرابکاری صنعتی در صنایع موشکی | خبرگزاری فارس
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Interview with Gen. Reza Talainik, spokesman of the Ministry of Defense
Referring to the process of identifying Mossad's industrial sabotage agents in the Ministry of Defense's missile industries, Gen. Talainik stated: We have been identifying sabotage networks since two decades ago, when we had progress in the defense industry and new products and programs were coming to fruition. Identifying the enemy sabotage network was part of the missions of the security service of defense ministry.
He added: About 9 years ago in 2014, when the security officers of the Ministry of Defense were working on the enemy network, in the process of identifying this network that was connected inside and outside the country, they realized an intelligence focus by Mossad on some subjects including this connector piece within our defense industry. They managed to obtain initial information in 2015.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense emphasized: We have passed three periods until this important news was announced today and during these years this is the biggest industrial sabotage which has been neutralized.
In the past years, the localization of defense parts was not as much as it is today, and a certain amount of the parts (a thousand of parts) and raw materials used in missiles, systems, weapons and equipment. some had not yet been localized and some were double purpose items available in inside and outside market and their production was not economical.
Through presence in one of our neighboring countries, they identified a person who was involved in the process of supplying this part (connector) in the past years, that is, in 2015. .
He added: After identifying this person, they connect him to themselves and through this person, they connect to other supply agents in some European and East Asian countries. Of course, their connection with agents inside the country was done through several middlemen.
In explaining Mossad's goals of carrying out operations against missile industries, Sardar Talainik said: Mossad's goal was to create disruptions, malfunctions and explosions in specific timings, so that after this part enters the missile systems, they cause explosions in these systems.
In describing the characteristics of the connectors, he continued: This 7 cm piece consists of two separate parts, one part of which includes 10 to 32 cabling pins. This part transmits the guidance and nervous system of the missiles and has a diameter of two to three centimeters. Of course, its internal grooves are very small.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense stated: Mossad agents had planted an electrical circuit in some of the connectors, not all of them, so that it could cause disruption and the transfer would not be carried out naturally according to the guidance and control program in the missile. it was also planned for the explosion so that the connector explodes and the system fails.
Gen.Talainik said: My colleagues in the security department of Ministry of Defense achieved several successes during this operation. The first success was that when identifying the primary elements, it was done in such a way that the enemy did not notice this, that is, the surprise they wanted to do on our defense systems was done against themselves.
He added: Until recently, the Zionist regime did not know that our intelligence services were monitoring the issue. This regime thought it was handing us the connectors and we didn't realize it, while the first elements were identified from the very beginning.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense stated that one of the people who voluntarily helped to discover this issue and was appreciated by the Ministry of Defense was a person who worked as a procurement liaison, and noted: During this period, our intelligence system was aware of the actions of the Zionist regime regarding this sabotage. But the Zionists were not informed and did not know that we were aware of this issue, and they thought that they were moving this plan forward. so; This caused them to bear a heavy cost.
He emphasized: The important point is that the connectors were detected by our security service before entering the missile system and they did not enter the missile system at all. In this regard, a lot of these connectors were examined by our colleagues in the technical department and technical laboratories, and the cases in which this sabotage had occurred, were isolated, and after the reconstruction, they proceeded to use them. In this way, we did not see any damage.
Gen. Talainik also pointed out that another activity of the Zionist regime in this area was to spend a lot of money to reduce the price of the connectors we use in the market.
In response to a question about whether it is possible to localize parts and raw materials for us, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense said: In recent years, there is a comprehensive program for localizing parts and raw materials of defense systems, weapons and equipment in a fully documented manner, and we we have used a significant amount of our funds for research and supply of sensitive parts in recent years.
He added: The result of this program is that 90 percent of the systems, weapons and equipment have been localized. But the remaining 10% has not been localized by us either because it is not economical or because it is a piece that is generally available in the market. Of course, in recent years this figure has reached less than 10%.
Gen. Talainik said: In recent years, we have established a number of technical laboratories, and in the last two years, every part we need, when we want to import it from abroad, is subjected to technical inspection in these laboratories and all its components are checked. After that, a tracking code is assigned to this piece, which can be tracked later. so; This is also under our control today.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense said: 'Today, if we are talking about the discovery of a major sabotage operation of the enemy, this has been done while the enemy has carried out dozens of sabotage operations in the past years, most of which have been discovered, identified and countered.' However, this operation that we are talking about today is bigger than all the previous ones.
Ge. Talainik also pointed out that if the Zionists succeeded in carrying out this sabotage, about 19 million dollars would be damaged to our missile industry. Of course, we turned this into an opportunity.
He pointed to the cooperation of other espionage services with the Mossad and said: they used intelligence services of US and other counties secretly because the official announcement of assistance in such matters is a legal burden for them. Of course, this issue is under the full observation of my colleagues.
