Important to note: The Taqsis base is a missile production factory that has been built, according to some reports with the help of North Korea
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Video purportedly depicting the explosion last night inside the Taqsis Mount base south of Hama #Syriapic.twitter.com/5hNE0RMCCw
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According to reports from 2011, North Korea supplied maraging steel to
#Syria to build missile production factories meant to upgrade the country's ballistic missilesShow this thread -
Here are two of the reports published at the time: https://www.haaretz.com/1.5214271 https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article13734117/Syrien-ruestet-Raketen-mit-Nordkoreas-Hilfe-auf.html …
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This is now being reported in Israeli media: The base attacked last night was used to produce ballistic missiles with the help of North Korea
#Syriahttps://twitter.com/news10/status/990836905767038976 …Show this thread -
Also note that the base is mostly built underground (under the Taqsis mount) thus explaining the use of a particularly potent weapon
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Using such capabilities in
#Syria would be quite notable ahead of the May deadline set by Trump to "fix or nix" the nuclear agreementShow this thread
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Guy who took the video is (understandably!) hyperventilating.
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