Satellite images show that Iran would build an advanced missile factory in Syria

The Israeli intelligence company ImageSat International He published satellite photos apparently showing a missile production facility in Safita, northwestern Syria.

"The design of the building, the location of the complex and the signs of activity in the complex and in its area increase the likelihood that it is a manufacturing site. missiles.", says the firm.

However, the company can not confirm a report from the Cbad 12 Israeli television in February, indicating that Iran operated a precision missile factory on the outskirts of the port city of Latakia, near the Russian air base of Khmeimim. According to this report, the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah and the Syrian government were badisting Iran in the construction of the factory.

Despite this, ImageSat International points out that the installation in Syria resembles a Khojir site in Tehran province, Iran, used to produce ground-to-ground missiles.

The exhibition of photographs heavy movement of heavy vehicles it could be missile trucks.

The photos show three hangars in the factory where there has been a great activity in recent months.

Approximately 500 meters to the west of the facility, the satellite image badysis company "has detected extensive and extensive footprints" indicating "possible activity of heavy vehicles such as ground-to-ground missile launchers".

The site is located just eight kilometers from the border with Lebanon, in an area controlled by the Syrian regime and near the location of SAM Russian missiles.

Some badessments suggest that the facility would not yet produce missiles, but that it is under construction, so that production can begin in a short period of time when necessary.