Iran’s Mehr News Agency, citing the Sunday Times, said Israeli
attack on the Sudanese missile factory on Wednesday was a ‘dry run’ for an
attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. A squadron of eight Israeli F-15 jets
dropped four one-ton bombs on Yarmouk missile factory on the outskirts of
Sudan's capital Khartoum.
“A long-range Israeli bombing raid last week that was seen as
a dry run for a forthcoming attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has destroyed
an Iranian-run plant making rockets and ballistic missiles in Sudan,” Sunday
Times reported today. The Yamrouk facility reportedly produced Shahab missiles.
The attack occurred in the early morning of 24 October. Four
of the F-15Is carried two one-ton bombs, escorted by four others – struck a
gigantic Yamrouk missile site. The 2,400-mile return flight took the Israelis
four hours, with the jets flying south along the Red Sea. The planes entered
the Sudanese air space from the east to avoid Egypt’s missile defenses.
The F-15Is were refueled during the operations. Other Israeli
aircraft equipped with anti-radar electronics dismantled the Sudanese early
warning and air defense systems.
Photo credit: What is left of the Sudanese factory after the
Israeli attack. (Satellite Sentinel Project/Mehr News Agency, 28 October 2012)
