Iran builds a secret underground complex as nuclear tensions rise

Iran builds a secret underground complex as nuclear tensions rise By Philip Sherwell in Washington (Filed: 12/03/2006)

Iran's leaders have built a secret underground emergency command centre in Teheran as they prepare for a confrontation with the West over their illicit nuclear programme, the Sunday Telegraph has been told. The complex of rooms and offices beneath the Abbas Abad district in the north of the capital is designed to serve as a bolthole and headquarters for the country's rulers as military tensions mount. Iran uses small attack boats to simulate assaults on US warships The recently completed command centre is connected by tunnels to other government compounds near the Mossala prayer ground, one of the city's most important religious sites.

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Two things strike me about this article. (1) How secret can this bunker be if news of it is on the pages of a major European newspaper.

(2) Then there is the picture of the small boat exercise. I consider myself something of a student of tactics (Don't we all) and the small boat thing is less than pitiful. If aircraft doesn't make dog meat out of the boats a 1000 miles from a battle group, then the on-board Gatling's of the ships will.

In conclusion its my belief that Iran would do well to remember that while US politics are always a disaster the US Military is a fighting force 2nd to none. When push comes to shove we'll go through these guys like $1 Store tissue.