
{"id":2528,"date":"2017-08-25T23:31:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2017-08-25T23:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:31:07","slug":"new-syrian-missile-factories-look-a-lot-like-ones-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/08\/25\/new-syrian-missile-factories-look-a-lot-like-ones-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW SYRIAN MISSILE FACTORIES LOOK A LOT LIKE ONES IN IRAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2441\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/iranian-missiles.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : The Drive\/The Warzone<\/p>\n<p>By Joseph Trevithick<\/p>\n<div class=\"articleFragment paragraph first-paragraph\">\n<p>Satellite imagery appears to confirm earlier reports that Syria is building a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/8649\/syria-says-it-will-rain-scud-missiles-on-israel-if-airstrikes-dont-stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ballistic missile<\/a> production complex near the city of Baniyas. Various features at the site suggest that the Syrian regime of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/11898\/amid-us-threats-assad-appears-at-the-one-place-hes-safe-russias-syrian-air-base\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bashar Al Assad<\/a> is actively working with the Iranian government on its construction and that it may be part of a larger regional effort by Iran to bolster its allies\u2019 capacities, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/8649\/syria-says-it-will-rain-scud-missiles-on-israel-if-airstrikes-dont-stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">especially against Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in August 2017, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagesatintl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ImageSat International<\/a> (iSi), a private satellite imagery and geospatial intelligence firm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagesatintl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Syria-is-building-missile-factories.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published the images<\/a>, taken with its EROS-B satellite, of the area in western Syria, along with its own analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the imagery alone, the company\u2019s analysts concluded that the buildings were very similar to structures seen in Iran that are associated with the production of short range ballistic missiles, but that the exact extent of Iranian involvement as unclear. Work on at least one portion of the facility seemed to be still ongoing, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : http:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/13765\/new-syria-missile-factories-look-a-lot-like-ones-in-iran<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : The Drive\/The Warzone By Joseph Trevithick Satellite imagery appears to confirm earlier reports that Syria is building a new ballistic missile production complex near the city of Baniyas. Various features at the site suggest that the Syrian regime of Bashar Al Assad is actively working with the Iranian government on its construction and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/08\/25\/new-syrian-missile-factories-look-a-lot-like-ones-in-iran\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEW SYRIAN MISSILE FACTORIES LOOK A LOT LIKE ONES IN IRAN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1645,1644,15],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","tag-baniyas","tag-eros-b-satellite","tag-syria","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}