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Monday, September 28, 2009

How the Iran Nuclear Site Was Discovered...

This was brought up in class today and I stumbled upon an article that shows the answer to be less than amazing. Apparently if you ever try to dig a big hole, U.S. intelligence can find you:

"Analysts pinpointed the second site several years ago carved into a mountain near Qom, a Shiite holy city and a religious nerve center of the Iranian regime, according to U.S. officials.

There were multiple streams of intelligence that proved fruitful, but one clear sign produced by spy satellites was evidence of digging for underground facilities, said a senior U.S. intelligence official."

1 comment:

Pitney said...

Go to maps.google.com and type in "Qom." You can get satellite imagery high-res enough to that you can make out cars on the street.