bunkers in the Sedot Mikha #MRBM base
part 1
The northern compound: 14 msl bunker.
Bunkers (25x12m) are able to hold two Jericho II/III (~ 15-16m) side by side.
Missiles are on trailers that will be pulled out by civil trucks if needed.
Southern compound has 9 msl bunkers
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Both compounds have one drive through shelter which is a bunkered garage with five bays.
The neighboring platforms of the northern compound are covered with cover shields which looks like huge tin roofs with a camo scheme.
Maybe in order to shield training with the missiles
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Both SSM compounds include one additional bunker each.
These bunkers might serve as onside warhead storage or simply to store aux vehicles
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some sources associate a small compound in the north-western section of the base as a further missile garage site.
But a simple look at the road radii show that you can hardly maneuver a 20m truck-trailer system in that area.
These 4 bunkers most likely serve as warhead storage
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There are another 5 bunkers along the connecting road to the southern complex.
But the road radii implies that they probably do not serve as additional missile or trailer storage but more likely for launch support vehicles
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In this thread, I would like to focus on the aspect of why Israel has attacked Iran right NOW.
This is expressly just my personal view:
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Iran's intentions, regarding the nuclear activities which it has been pursuing for 25 years, are quite clear in my view.
No one can seriously believe that all this was intended just for peaceful purposes.
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There's no need to build such complex facilities at enormous expense deep underground beneath mountains, if you have a civil use in mind.
On the other hand Iran’s striving for a nuclear weapon capability is not entirely incomprehensible.
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Last week, we experienced a lot of emotion on „X“ accompanying the Israeli-Iranian war.
They often obscure the essentials.
Here's my (unimportant) personal 10 Cent perspective based on my private estimation:
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The Israeli defense shield has proven itself excellently.
No one with any sense would expect 100% coverage.
And there is no other country that has such an effective system.
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According to my estimates, approximately 350 Iranian MRBMs were fired at Israel in 2024 and approximately 650 in June 2025.
This means that approximately 1,000 SSMs were deployed.
The Cuba missile crisis was in October 62 – exactly 62 years ago.
Soviet MRBMs/IRBMs called SS-4 (R-12) & SS-5 (R-14) as well as short range systems like KS-1 Komet / Kennel were placed on this island
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The aerial photographs of the MRBM positions available on the Internet are of very poor quality.
However, you can try to create overlays with them to remind yourself of the positions at that time.
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But even if you set the level of the history layer to "maximum old", this is extremely difficult because the vegetation there has caused massive changes.
The 66th AD Battalion (HQ at Hatzor AB) operates the "David Sling" (DS) #ABM system.
The unit includes 2 batteries with 2 launchers each.
Back in 2018 Israeli media show an image of the Ein Shomer site.
The shadow clearly indicates the DS system present in
3 of the revetments
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Back in 2013 the construction of 4 Arrow launch bunkers and 2 concrete pads started in the north of the base, now usually occupied by 48 bunker msl & 2 six-tube surface launchers.
This leaving the revetments empty for the DS system which was introduced in 2017.
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The supporting El-2084 Radar was placed next to the "Oren Yarok" ABM Radar which supports Arrow.
The use of the DS system was published in the Israeli media when captured during a launch from Ein Shomer in an (unsuccessful) intercept against a Syrian S-200 on 25.12.18