January 7, 2020
By Barbara Starr
US forces and air-defense missile batteries (click here) across the Middle East were placed on high alert overnight Monday to possibly shoot down Iranian drones as intelligence mounted about a threat of an imminent attack against US targets, two US officials tell CNN.
The alert reflects the heightened tensions between the US and Iran in the wake of last week's US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani. US officials have claimed the strike against the general was carried out to prevent an "imminent" attack in the region that would have put American lives at risk, but have so far declined to provide details about the intelligence.
US intelligence also has observed Iran moving military equipment, including drones and ballistic missiles, over the last several days. US officials said the movement may be an Iranian effort to secure its weapons from a potential US strike, or put them in positions to launch their own attacks.
"There were indications that we needed to monitor the threats" even more closely than is already being done, one of the US officials said, referring to Monday night's state of heightened alert. The second official described it as "all Patriot batteries and forces in the area on high alert" against an "imminent attack threat."...
The video below is from August of 2018. (click here)
Let's hope American military intelligence regarding Iran's capacity under Trump is current and not simply old information. The Russians have been selling weapons to Iran for a long time. (click here) I would expect Iran to obtain more sophisticated weapons through trade with Russia, hence, a proxy war against The West.
...the guidance is Infrared Imaging. (click here) This also explains the black protective cap on the missile nosecone. If guided by good INS to the general location, with IIR taking over for terminal guidance, a missile equipped with Mobin guidance could very accurately hit any target on land with no input from GPS or other guidance. This is the same technology used in the Khalije Fars ASBM...
