Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump will discuss Iran’s attempts to renew its ballistic missile and nuclear programs, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.
On Thursday, the Associated Press published satellite images indicating that Iran has begun rebuilding structures at the Parchin and Shahroud missile bases that were previously destroyed during the Israel-Iran War.
At Parchin, mixing buildings appear to be under repair, and similar reconstruction is taking place at Shahroud, involving mixing buildings and other facilities.
These buildings have housed the “planetary mixers,” machines equipped with blades that rotate around a central axis like orbiting planets, providing more effective mixing than other equipment.
Experts, as well as US officials, note that Iran could acquire the mixers from China, where it has previously purchased missile fuel ingredients and other components.
Solid-fuel missiles are quicker to launch
Solid-fuel missiles can be launched more quickly than liquid-fuel missiles, which must be filled just before launch. That speed can mean the difference between successfully launching a missile or having it destroyed in its launcher - something that occurred during the war with Israel.
At the conclusion of the war with Iran, Netanyahu declared that “We have dismantled Iran’s nuclear project. If anyone in Iran attempts to restore this project, we will act decisively to prevent it.”
Trump conveyed a similar message, stating that if Iran reestablishes its nuclear program, “we will act against it again.”