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Sedot Mikha Airbase

Sedot Mikha Airbase is an Israeli Army base located near Zekharyah and Sedot Mikha, south of Beit Shemesh. It is believed that the base is a rocket launch site for Jericho 1 and Jericho 2 missiles tipped with nuclear warheads.

It is reported that classified satellite imagery discloses about 100 missile emplacements, evenly divided between the Jericho-1 and Jericho-2 missiles. The Jericho-1 missile, developed in the late 1960s and deployed in facilities at Sedot Mikha which were constructed beginning in 1967, was believed to have achieved a range of 450 kilometers. An advanced version, the Jericho II, with a range of nearly 1,500 kilometers, was reported to have been test-flown in 1987. Approximately 50 Jericho-2 missiles are based at facilities which were built in the 1980s. The base is built in a limestone region with numerous caves and small hills which have been hollowed out to house the Jericho 2 and its TELs, which are rolled out for firing. In December 1990, just before the Gulf War, Jericho-2 missiles were brought to readiness for firing, and Israel test-fired a Jericho from Sedot Mikha.

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ואמנם...זה המקום האידיאלי במלחמה האחרונה (זכריה יד') עבור אחמדי-נג'אד...בדרכו לכבוש את ירושלים:

Gog, of the land of Magog… The chief prince (in Persia) of Meshech and Tubal
(“Ezekiel 38- -2)

And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the beauteous holy mountain; and he shall come to his end, and none shall help him…
(“Daniel” 11- -45)