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Jul 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Iran’s Turbine Engines Manufacturing Industries (TEM) – the entity responsible for the overhaul and production of regular jet engines as well as production of the miniaturized turbojet and turbofan engines powering Iran’s cruise missiles. Image
Geolocation of testing footage of Iran’s Owj (J85) jet engine. ImageImage
Geolocation of exterior footage included in a 2000s documentary. Image
The test stand area of the facility has seen quite a bit of expansion in recent years, indicating Iran is serious about its jet engine development/reverse-engineering efforts.

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Apr 13
People are once again talking about this Sudanese military facility with some claiming it’s a large IRGC-built underground facility. Well, due to recent developments in Sudan’s civil war, we now have a much clearer picture of what this place actually is. Thread 1/13 Image
I first found this facility located in the Jabal Garri area North of Khartoum back in 2018 when mapping the Sudanese defense industry. The site stood out both for its size and the lack of any official information on it. 2/13
At the time, satellite imagery couldn’t confirm the site's exact purpose. However, safety features, like specialized lightning arrestors and earthen berms, strongly indicated involvement in the production and handling of explosive materials. 3/13
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Nov 30, 2024
That is correct. Quick thread on what we know about the al-Safira facility. Image
First is the complex that I call al-Safira 1 (35.986° 37.4052). This is/was a production complex for solid propellant rocket motors powering Syria's versions of the Fateh 110 and Zelzal. It's also likely some of Syria's and Hezbollah's longer range artillery rockets were produced there (M302).Image
As the security situation around al-Safir deteriorated during the civil war, the regime tried to build a new solid propellant production line near Masyaf only to see it bombed by Israel repeatedly.
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Sep 16, 2024
This recent Reuters report about Russia mass-producing a new strike drone called Garpiya is highly interesting but maybe a bit convoluted. What it seems to boil down to is that Russia has established a second Shahed production line in Izhevsk. Thread 1/14 reuters.com/world/europe/r…
Let's begin with the factory itself. Reuters states that the new UAVs are produced by Almaz-Antey subsidiary Kupol in a former cement factory the company acquired. It also mentions that a video showing UAV production matches the facility. 2/14 Image
The linked video is the video of a Shahed 136 production line that emerged a few months ago and was widely believed to show the known Shahed factory in Alabuga. 3/14
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Jul 19, 2024
A few quick thoughts on the alleged Houthi drone that crashed into Tel Aviv. 1/9 Image
The Houthis have claimed that they used a new UAV called Yafa for this particular strike. According to the Houthis, the Yafa has the ability overcome enemy defenses and cannot be detected by radar. 2/9
In general, Houthi claims are a mixed bag. Sometimes they are accurate, sometimes they are exaggerated, sometimes they are just straight-up fabrications. In general, their factual claims have to be taken with a much bigger grain of salt than Iran's or Lebanese Hezbollah's. 3/9
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Jun 5, 2024
The Houthis just unveiled their new 'Palestine' ballistic missile which they claimed to have used against Eilat for the first time on June 3. A few notes on the type and the likely origin of the missile. 1/10 Image
The Palestine is a precision-guided solid propellant missile. This alone is quite noteworthy. So far, the ballistic missiles used by the Houthis against Israel appear to all have been less advanced liquid propellant missiles without terminal guidance. 2/10 Image
The Houthis have previously shown mockups of advanced Iranian precision-guided solid propellant missiles like the Fateh 110 (300km), Tankil (500km) and Kheybarshekan 1 (1450km) on parades. However, it was not proven whether they actually had the real missiles. 3/10 Image
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Jun 9, 2023
Quick thread on the alleged Shahed production site identified by the US in the Special Economic Zone of Alabuga in Tatarstan 55.821215° 52.051971° Image
Back in February, @TheGoodISIS already identified the Russian UAV company Abatros LLC as a potential Shahed manufacturer and there are a few more indications this could indeed be the case. isis-online.org/isis-reports/d…
The location given on Albatros’ official website seems suspiciously close to the site identified by the US (construction not yet visible on the older Yandex picture)
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