Israel Reportedly Destroyed Iranian Nuclear Weapons Site in Recent Strike
The Axios: “The Israeli attack on Iran in late October destroyed an active top secret nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin.”
Israel destroyed a secret Iranian nuclear weapons site in its recent airstrike, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid reported Friday in the Axios news website. “The Israeli attack on Iran in late October destroyed an active top secret nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin,” the news website reported, quoting U.S. officials.
The Israeli airstrike, conducted on October 26, successfully “destroyed sophisticated equipment used to design the plastic explosives that surround uranium in a nuclear device and are needed to detonate it,” the Axios article added.
The airstrike, named “Days of Repentance,” was in response to an Iranian aerial attack in which around 180 missiles were fired at Israel in early October. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) did not disclose hitting any rogue nuclear targets, but the Israeli media reported that around 20 Iranian targets linked to the regime’s air defense systems and missile production sites were hit during the strike.
The late-October Israeli attack on Iran targeted the Taleghan 2 facility at Parchin, destroying sophisticated equipment used in nuclear weapons research, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. pic.twitter.com/idpIHCb0Jr
— OSINTWarfare (@OSINTWarfare) November 15, 2024
Axios reported:
The Israeli attack on Iran in late October destroyed an active top secret nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin, according to three U.S. officials, one current Israeli official and one former Israeli official. (…)
One former Israeli official briefed on the strike said it destroyed sophisticated equipment used to design the plastic explosives that surround uranium in a nuclear device and are needed to detonate it. (…)
The Iranian mission to the UN declined to comment for this story. (…)
One of the targets of the Israeli strike on Oct. 25 was the Taleghan 2 facility in the Parchin military complex, about 20 miles southeast of Tehran.
The facility was part of the Iranian Amad nuclear weapons program until Iran halted its military nuclear program in 2003. It was used for testing explosives needed to set off a nuclear device, according to the Institute for Science and International Security.
High-resolution satellite imagery acquired by the institute after the Israeli strike showed the Taleghan 2 building was completely destroyed.
(…) Israeli and U.S. officials said the activity that took place recently at the Taleghan 2 facility was part of an effort inside the Iranian government to conduct research that could be used for the development of nuclear weapons but could also be presented as research for civilian purposes.
Satellite images provided to me by a source reveal that the Parchin military base, east of Tehran, was targeted overnight by the IAF. The image on the left depicts the site prior to the strike, while the post-strike image on the right indicates two areas affected by an attack. pic.twitter.com/Um2WbPh0Y6
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) October 26, 2024
On October 27, the Legal Insurrection reported the IDF strike on Parchin, describing it as “Iran’s biggest weapons manufacturing hub linked to its nuclear weapons program outside the capital, Tehran.”
“The Parchin complex also played a key role in the Iranian nuclear weapons program. The regime historically used the site for high explosive testing for nuclear weapons development,” we reported, quoting the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
We also noted that Israeli fighter jets had hit targets in “Iranian cities of Isfahan and Karaj, home to [regime’s] rogue nuclear weapons program.”
The new revelation comes as President-elect Donald Trump is bringing together the team for his second term. President Joe Biden’s abandonment of the Trump-era policy of “Maximum Pressure” on Iran and granting sanctions relief emboldened the regime to ramp up its rogue nuclear weapons program.
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I hope it was their only one
While this is good news, it is also quite disturbing as it suggests that the Iranians are in the final stages of building a nuclear weapon.
They have been saying for “3 years, “ in a couple of weeks the Iranians will have nuclear ability”
I’ve become very skeptical of “they” and “them”
“Days of Repentance”
Oh, I like that. Really do.
I also really like that they hit this site, Surgically, too.
May you go with God before you, Israel.
This is good news, but they still need to break the back of Iran’s economy, no usable petrolatum, no electricity, empty broken dams, no mosques, then the world will be safe. Enough crazy Muslim BS.
Within days of the attack I said Israel had struck Iran’s nuclear facilities. The type of damage done to Iran, as described, was nothing that the Germans in WW II, with far fewer resources, would put back into operation in weeks, if not days. All that talk about “taking down Iran’s air defense” was likely true (and necessary to facilitate the attack on the actual strategic targets), but some outlets have been talking as if they expect Iran’s air defenses to still be down weeks after the attack. Nonsense.
What Israel was alleged to have hit had very limited to zero strategic value. The tactical value of knocking out the air defense could only have been realized with an immediate (within a day or two) follow-up attack on strategic targets. This did not happen, a clear indication the Israelis hit strategic targets (e.g., nuclear facilities) during, or as part of, the attack.
The only point I disagree with you on is knocking out Iran’s air defenses.
Nations that thought either license building or purchasing Russian air defense technology would arm them properly against a western or western backed power now have to think twice.
In the 20th century you couldn’t do better than Russian air defense technology.
Exposing that it is the same 20th century era technology, good only against third world powers unable to afford anything better than 20th century technology…….
Anyone who felt empowered by Russian air defense technology now has to think again.
You could argue that it isn’t strategic for Israel but for America (a.k.a. Israel’s closest ally) the attack on Iran’s air defense system is extremely strategically important. Changing the balance of power in the world in favor of America is of course a vital strategic interest for Israel even if not a direct one.
Hang in there Israel, two months and a few days to go.
Take them all out!
Once again the rest of the world plays checkers, and the IDF, Mossad, et al play 4D chess.. I thank the IDF for making the world a safer place.
I don’t suppose Israel would mind making a few more bombing runs?
The Israelis took out Russia’s newest and best SAM systems with no losses of their own. Now we see they also took out one of Iran’s nuclear weapons development sites. No wonder Iran has been so quiet lately.
The Iranians have been fighting for the cheap cause of hatred of the Jews. The Jews are fighting for their lives. Motivation makes the difference.
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