NIMITZ CVN 68 MOCKUP, NINTH GREAT PROPHET EXERCISE, IRAN

 

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Iran's major naval port of Bandar Abbas in Jan 2015 housed a NIMITZ mockup complete with mockup aircraft. The following images show the NIMIZ mockup before and after it use in the NINTH GREAT PROPHET naval exercise.

The explosion is likely the result of the attack on the mockup and some rigged explosives for the effect.

The rigged explosion pealed back the flight deck, and reveals no hull below, which could indicate it was designed for the effects see in image 3. The two possible battle damage through deck strikes didn't have the same effects as the port side explosion. Had they exploded like real weapons (instead of making holes) the mockup could have lost its bottom and sunk.

Comment: The provocation of simulating an attack on a copy of a US Aircraft Carrier could not be more plain.

PROBABLE ICBM FACILITY, SOLNECHNYY, UST LLIMSKOYE VODOKHRANILISHCHE, RUSSIA

As pointed out by a learned colleague, the SS-11 was phased out in 1996, so a this post has been modified. The estimated silo diameter is 3.22m.

Thaechon Special Forces Base, and Thaechon Airbase, North Korea

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SANEUM C4I SITE, NORTH KOREA

The Sanuem C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence) site is located north of the capital Pyongyang. It is a major communications, command and control, intelligence facility supporting both the military and government. Imagery used in this report is dated 21 Sep 2014, available on Google Earth Pro, along with available historical imagery.

Located West of the Administrative area.