A satellite image shows damage to oil/gas infrastructure from missile and drone attacks at Abqaig on September 15, 2019, in Saudi Arabia. The precise targeting of the tanks could be the result of ground operatives helping to direct the missiles with pinpoint accuracy. Photo: US Government / AFP
Stephen Bryen, Asia Times: How Iran precisely targeted Saudi oil facilities
A massive logistical operation and intel failure allowed 19 warheads to strike with pinpoint accuracy.
Iran successfully attacked two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, not the Houthi rebels who falsely claimed credit. My evaluation is this: The Iranian attack came from two different launch sites and employed two different weapons systems. Drones (probably of the Abalil 2/T type) were launched from Iranian-controlled Shi’ite militia bases in southern Iraq, and cruise missiles of the Quds-1 type were launched from Iran, near the Iran-Iraq border. Twenty-two weapons were fired in all, of which 19 hit their targets, with sufficient precision to hit oil tanks in roughly the same spot.
The high precision has amazed US Pentagon analysts. They do not understand how that could be done from such a long distance and beyond the communications capabilities of even the Quds-1.
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WNU Editor: One of the best analysis that I have read so far on how Saudi Arabia's oil facilities were targeted. In short .... it could have been worse.
2 comments:
It's a bit premature, but points out a few issues. Not sure why intel was so bad on this.
Im not certain if I buy into the long distance attacks.
Who made these claims?
Any footqge or trscking of thses weapons?
An inside job is more doable with planted explosives.
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