Satellite Images Suggest Iran Really Did Blow up Amazon’s Data Centers in Bahrain
Iran has reportedly been targeting Amazon data centers in the Middle East as part of an effort to hit US companies operating in the region. We might now have confirmation that Iranian missles hit their targets. The publication obtained lower-resolution images of the sites from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite constellation, which also appear to show damage at the two Amazon facilities in Bahrain, one in the town of Zallaq and another in Askar.
- ▪Iran has reportedly been targeting Amazon data centers in the Middle East as part of an effort to hit US companies operating in the region.
- ▪We might now have confirmation that Iranian missles hit their targets.
- ▪The publication obtained lower-resolution images of the sites from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite constellation, which also appear to show damage at the two Amazon facilities in Bahrain, one in the town of Zallaq and anoth
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Iran has reportedly been targeting Amazon data centers in the Middle East as part of an effort to hit US companies operating in the region. We might now have confirmation that Iranian missles hit their targets. According to a report from Bloomberg, recently released satellite images appear to show damage done to two Amazon data centers in Bahrain, which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) previously claimed to have…
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