News from the Iranian Nuclear Weapon, err Energy Program

From the Washington Post, a report with pictures of the Iranian missile plant being destroyed. With pictures. Intel geeks like me aint't that bright and pictures help

Image shows Iranian missile site was destroyed
By Jason Ukman

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(Courtesy DigitalGlobe — Institute for Science and International Security)

Two weeks after a mysterious explosion at an Iranian missile base, a Washington-based research group has released a satellite image showing extensive damage to the site.

The image of the compound, near the city of Malard, doesn’t provide any clues as to what caused the Nov. 12 explosion, which Iranian authorities described as an “accident” involving the transport of ammunition. But it does make clear that the facility has been effectively destroyed.

Paul Brannan, a senior analyst for the Institute for Science and International Security, which specializes in the study of nuclear weapons programs, said it’s impossible to tell from the image whether the blast was caused by sabotage, as has has been speculated in this explosion and others at transport facilities, oil refineries and military bases in Iran.

When performing work with missiles, there are a variety of “volatile processes” that could cause an explosion, Brannan said.

Brannan said ISIS had recently learned from “knowledgable officials” that the blast had occurred just as Iran had achieved a milestone in the development of a new missile and may have been performing a “volatile procedure involving a missile engine at the site.”

As with the cause of the blast, the nature of that milestone is unclear

I have my doubts the CIA did it. Our current administration wants to engage with the Iranians. Israeli's? They have the means, motive and maybe opportunity. Dumb back luck (from the Iranian point of view)?. Maybe.

Whatever caused it, couldn't have happened to nicer people!