"Surveillance photos reveal explosion on Iranian launch pad" Topic
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| Martin From Canada | 31 Aug 2019 12:05 a.m. PST |
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A day after commercial satellite images revealed a smoke plume over an Iranian launch pad, President Trump tweeted a remarkably high-resolution aerial photograph of the remote satellite launch facility Friday — apparently from a classified satellite or airborne drone — and denied U.S. involvement in the accident."The United States of America was was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran," Trump tweeted. "I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One." The Safir is a two-stage Iranian satellite launcher, and the accident was the third time Iran has failed to place a satellite into orbit this year. Trump's attachment to the tweet of a photograph showing a detailed aerial view of the launch drove imagery analysts and satellite experts into a frenzy. The image Trump tweeted appeared to be taken from a cell phone or other type of camera, showing a digital or printed rendering of a surveillance photograph captured from an intelligence-gathering drone or satellite. In either case, Trump's disclosure appears to reveal new details about the U.S. government's normally secret intelligence-gathering capabilities. U.S. presidents can declassify information at their own discretion.
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Cheers,
martin from Canada |
| 14Bore | 31 Aug 2019 5:51 a.m. PST |
It went kablooey real good |
| Lion in the Stars | 31 Aug 2019 3:31 p.m. PST |
Oops! Hope nobody was hurt. |
| skipper John | 31 Aug 2019 4:55 p.m. PST |
"Hope nobody was hurt." Are you kidding me? This was going to spy on YOU! I was kinda hoping it got em all! |
| Thresher01 | 31 Aug 2019 4:56 p.m. PST |
Hmmmm, wonder if it was zapped by a laser weapon? I suspect Lion may be being sarcastic. |
| TNE2300 | 31 Aug 2019 6:15 p.m. PST |
wonder if it was zapped by a laser weapon? or was someone checking the fuel level with a match? |
| Col Durnford | 31 Aug 2019 8:14 p.m. PST |
They do have Russian advisors. |
| skipper John | 01 Sep 2019 12:28 p.m. PST |
One can only hope they DID. |
| Col Durnford | 01 Sep 2019 7:03 p.m. PST |
As long as we're doing wishes, I would hope there were a few Nork sales reps present as well. |
| Lion in the Stars | 02 Sep 2019 11:38 a.m. PST |
No, I am quite serious about hoping for no casualties. There are very few people I have wished dead, and unnamed Iranians are not among that number. Though with damaged support vehicles it looks like an accident during fueling, which means fatalities. |
| altfritz | 02 Sep 2019 6:44 p.m. PST |
Showing off the Secret stuff, again. |
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