hi guyz.
i think we need to know in our country where exactly protected with high or medium volume of AA and SAM's
so i begin this topic with KHARK island (south of iran *strategic island*) Khark Island
***Updated: Revised and Updated: November 12th 2010***
Khark island is a central terminal of Iranian oil and has a long history history in warfare, from its occupation in 1856 during the Anglo-Persian war, up until its near complete destruction in the Iran-Iraq war, the island is a valuable target both to attack and to defend.
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Northern Compound
Located just west of the small-swampy body of water on the northern end of the island, this compound is comprised primarily of bunkers, pointing to it's use as a storage facility.
The bunkers are of conventional Iranian design, built out of concrete in the same manner as hardened shelters, and then covered with dirt.
A number of revetments can also be found within the compound, a small number (2) are occupied with buildings, but more (4) are vacant.
HAWK Battery
Just south of the Northern Compound is a HAWK SAM battery on one of the few high-points on the island. The compound may also serve as the central military garrison for the island given the large number of buildings not normally associated with a HAWK battery alone.
This site is atypical compared to many Iranian HAWK sites in that it is composed of a full battery of six M192 launchers rather then the half-strength batteries often (though by no means always) found at Iranian HAWK sites.
Empty SAM Sites
These empty SAM sites are likely a legacy of the Iran-Iraq war when Khark was a frequent target for Iraqi fighter-bombers who aimed to put the strategic oil hub out of commission.
Khark Island itself is ringed by several empty sites that are unidentified and match no known Iranian SAM configuration. It's possible that sites included 35 mm AAA at one time because of the presence of AAA revetments that match typical Skyguard deployments. The most likely canidate is the HQ-2 because of the scale of their use during the war as a replacement to already-existing air defense measure. Although they are typically deployed in "flower" patterns, it's possible they were reorganized to better "focus" their threatened areas onto suspected Iraqi attack paths rather then present 360 degrees of coverage.
Just north of the island, in the small strip of land of that comprises the Kharko Wildlife Refuge, there are two possible HQ-2 sites that, while not positively identifiable, resemble the more traditional flower-layout of HQ-2 sites found elsewhere.
Naval Assets
In two of the small harbors on the eastern side of the Island are several military vessels.
These include ~30 high-speed patrol boats (HSPBs) along with four larger, but unidentifiable patrol boats in the northernmost harbor on the eastern side.
While on the southernmost harbor is a missile boat that dimensionally matches the Thondar, but is carrying missiles that are significantly skinner and mounted significantly further forward then the Noors on the Thondar.
Sources:
Google Earth
http://thearkenstone.blogspot.com/2009/08/khark-island-analysis.html