Images of Secret Places that Shocked the World
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- In the former Republic of Yugoslavia, the subterranean Željava Airport stands as a relic of Cold War-era military strategy. This underground airbase, buried deep within a mountain along the Croatia-Bosnia & Herzegovina border, was built to withstand nuclear strikes and housed Air Force hangars and barracks. Its concealed design and massive scale underscore the lengths to which nations went to secure their military assets during a tense era.
Fast forward to early February 2023, Iran unveiled its own underground air base, Eagle 44. Shrouded in secrecy, this facility is designed to shelter a fleet of aging American-made fighter jets and future Russian aircraft. As open-source intelligence experts dig into its location, this base exemplifies the strategic significance of hidden military capabilities in contemporary geopolitics.
In the East, China's advanced hypervelocity wind tunnel symbolizes the country's push towards cutting-edge hypersonic weaponry. Capable of simulating speeds up to Mach 30, this facility not only represents a monumental engineering achievement but also signals the development of space-launched fighter initiatives that could shift global power dynamics.
Lastly, Triton Island, once a serene and uninhabited speck in the South China Sea, has become a focal point of regional tension. China's rapid development of this strategically valuable island underscores its ambition in the Pacific, potentially altering the balance of power in one of the world's most contested maritime regions.
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“Underground complex in a top secret location”
Open sourced bro with Google Maps: “hold my beer”
Bro, how many times can you say the exact same thing using different words?
The jet noise in these bunkers must be horrific .
WHAAAAT!?!?!?!?
thats a very good point holy shxt. anybody who’s ever honked their car horn while traveling through a tunnel knows that shxt echos like a mf
The major flaw I see is even if they have "hardened underground structures" housing planes, they STILL need runways, right? Since we know where these "hidden" bases are, the runways are out in the open, should be the FIRST AND PRIMARY targets. No runways, no planes getting off the ground.
Exactly.
When Iran first showed the footage , There were identifiable rock formations in the video.. Probably wasn't their wisest move. Not to mention, You only need to collapse the entrances to make everything inside completely useless.
@MrTommyboy68 runway denial munitions are not just for putting holes in runways. They are also a phycalogical weapon as well since they also contain submunitions that are designed to be, in a sense, booby traps for the engineers and / or EOD specialist that come out to repair the runway. Their nasty devices for sure.
@@MrOmega52 Cool. Good to know.
The runways are underground the very end is the only part you need
I went to Yugoslavia and Romania while both were still behind the Iron Curtain. they were very different then, and for someone from the UK they were very strange.
Yugoslavia was awesome
Same with Poland, E Germany and Russia, dark times.
Seeing how Yugoslavia isn't even a country anymore.I could imagine it's quite.
Different
My great grandad was most likely from Yugoslavia. He was very secretive and came to Australia just after the war on fake papers. Never even told anyone his real name.
@@ryanboscoe9670ah yeah he doesn’t sound like a war criminal at all 😅
Do they not know that destroying the entrances would disable the entire facility?
There’s always a way in
They believe an immoral pedophilic warlord was sent by God - don't assume they want to believe in geophysics or tactical doctrines.
They did, but I assume that they had plans to reconstruct whatever damage was done to the entrances
They believe an immoral pedophilic warlord was sent by God - don't assume they want to believe in geophysics or tactical doctrines.
They believe an immoral pëdõphîlịĉ warlord was sent by God - don't assume they want to believe in geophysics or tactical doctrines.
11:40 proceeds to show footage with ventilation....
thankyou 😂
Yeah I was looking at those pipes and just thinking “hang on chief”
I have to point out that CHINA IS the Peoples Republic of China not the POPULAR REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The hammer and sickle are covered in the blood of the proletariat
Oh and I wonder where They stole Their designs from?
North Korea(they have a ton of experience in building Underground bases,) helped out with this proyect.
The usa’s “setbacks” in hypersonic missles…do you mean the one we made and tested in the 60s or the “hypersonic” ICBM’s?
Stiiiiiiiill talking like that. But ive learned if i turn the speed down to .75, it almost sounds normal.
I was confused what you meant til I slowed it down to .75 video speed and yanno you’re right 🤣🤣🤣
@@KrausesCars I do that with all his vids.
It's weird because videos like this are carried by runtime and he's speeding it up in post.
@@Tagiau you sure? I think think the guy just talks fast.
Another kindred spirit! I thought I was the only one!
Runway denial munitions would be used. No operational runway, no interceptor or attack aircraft can get into the air.
yep...
and we got things now that can fly into entrances...... and an underground explosion is amplified many times... shame about them F4s though...
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@neilobusk yes, you use durandual bombs to denied the use of runways, then follow up after a reconnjcence with a permission missile strike.
@@MrOmega52... Stay in school kids.
You might learn the difference between a concrete runway and a fully functioning warplane, and what efforts are needed to repair or replace either.
You might be interested in accurately compiling thoughts in proper English so people might take your communications seriously.
Good Luck.
@@truthsRsung well excuse me. I thought I was quite clear about my thoughts. You must be an english professor.
@@MrOmega52 I bet you and your mommy argued with your teachers that you failing tests the teacher should have known what you meant. Dumbing down is now acceptable, according to you.
Does iran really think we don't already know where the entrance to the tunnel is? How hard is it going to be to seal that thing up lol
When you have to hit a log-cabin sized object from High up, its hard.
You heard the general, the base will "force the enemy to reconsider its military calculations" which sounds ...slightly inconvenient?
Alex Duke, Facts! 😂
@@greg8106recalculating...target acquired..😅
Depends how much DEI kills the meritocracy
I don't know how you can look at Jalava base and then say with a straight face that the technology does not exist for us to build massive underground structures.
Who says we can’t? They were building atlas bases In under two years in the 60s. Nobody is saying it can’t be done, it is just extremely expensive.
It doesn't? Man, those pesky Books...with their disinformation..
The idea of being enemies with your closest business ally that you rely on is so odd...
And it’s only because the U.S. would rather see the world burn than to not be the dominant world economy.
F-4's are still a nice looking plane... 😉
When I was young I always thought that the F4 was pig-ugly, but as I’ve gotten older and learnt more about it, the more I’ve become to appreciate her, she’s a beast, and as such, a beauty in my mind.
Would love to go for an unrestricted spin in one 👌
@chillindave1357 I always thought the f4 looked really nice. It was an interceptor, not a fighter jet, yet held its own in Vietnam despite not having a canon internally. They did have gun pods late in the war. I was born in the early you, so I knew friends of the family as well as cousins who served. Watched a lot of the news reports as well during that time. Interesting time in history.
My local airport has a decommissioned one posed out front. Truly a timeless classic.
They look fantastic...
Do they not know that anything in there that comes out is such an antique and it's no threat to anything anyways.😮 they would probably avoid bombing that just so the pilots could have fun shooting everything down that comes out😮
Bunker airbases are some of the silliest ideas around. A pair of well placed 4,000lb bunker busters at the exit to the runway will seal in any and all aircraft within the base. At the very least, hitting the tarmac of the entrance to said runway will prevent them from getting airborne anyways.
On a side note, AGM-65's are not bombs, they're air to ground missiles. As well as the F-4's they have are closer to like ~65 years old. They're 3rd gen fighters, and they're even less advanced than when the US was using as we never sell planes with all the bells and whistles on them for obvious reasons.
Once you've found where a mountain base is, you bomb the runways to pieces, and its worthless...
"Think Before You Act"? In english?
Pretty sure it means they have a lot of foreign technicians that speak/read english and not farsi.
@@emmanuelgoldstein1918 pretty sure that it means that is stock footage and not from the Iranian base in question. further evidence for this is the ventilation shafts; as the narrator is talking about how it has no ventilation...
@@jormungand72I was getting annoyed about the ventilation issues he kept bringing up.
@@jormungand72 Stock footage from where? There just happens to be stock footage of Iranian F-4s in underground bunker hangars laying around? The planes are in IRIAF livery with the correct roundels and the there are Iranian flags and farsi all on the walls too. Watch and listen again. By the by , it has to have ventilation because it is underground. But I'm sure it is well hidden and camouflaged despite what the speaker says. You just don't want to put obvious pipes directly on top that make an easy target/avenue through all the rock and reinforced concrete.
Not sure where the robot voice got the dimensions, weapon intel and the utilities info of the base. But I feel like he got the video in the tunnel from a propaganda film released by Iranians. Got planes and trucks lined up with missiles half cocked like a Russian parade. So the sign was meant for us, to give a warning "Think before you Act!"
If you think the US is behind any other countries military tech you'd be gravely mistaken. The US were testing high Mach speed aircraft back in the 50's. And the tech the US have nowadays is more sifi than you can imagine.
This is what I'm thinking! I keep hearing that the US has fallen behind but no one talks about how China steals ip's, technologies or how they poach professors at universities. I have a very strong feeling that if a conflict kicks off, they are gonna fall short. Stealing a design and building it is not the same as acquiring decades of r&d involved in designing a properly functioning hypersonic air-craft. Besides Lockheed and Martin has a Hypersonic missile "The Mako", its like they've got this tech and they're just sitting on it, waiting for the right moment to unleash it.
@@nigelmoore957 I've been an electronic engineer for over 30 years and have worked for a number of the big DoD contractor companies. I can guarantee they're just sitting on mind boggling tech just waiting for a good enough reason to use it.
@@argonx666 I believe you but at the same time I can't help but think in doing so it leads to a sort of stagnation. Look at all the problems the world has; recycling, clean energy, pharmaceuticals. Is the sad truth that we can solve all the problems that are plaguing us but won't because from a financial perspective the holders of these I.P. / Patents wouldn't be able to maximize their profits?
@@nigelmoore957 we definitely have tech that could basically save the world, make things easier, cheaper, etc. But they don't because there's little to no money in it for them to get rich off it. But war? They make lots of money from war.
We don’t hear about things until decades after they’ve been introduced to the world
Bases underground are only good as long as the openings aren't blown up and caved in.
Why is China flexing about hypersonic weapons when they can't even make a decent supersonic fighter.... More paper tiger tactics from the commies 😂😂
On the contrary, this is just more “cHiNa BaD” western supremacy b.s.
7:23 why does the Iranian secret base look like cgi? I don't think it's real.. lol
Looks a lot like the underground base that was on top gear about a decade ago.
Cold War era mysteries, military and intrigue are so fascinating to me. So many opportunities for expansion and ideas for historical fiction.
This is my 4th time subscribing to Dark Footage, not sure why TH-cam keeps unsubscribing me. But keep doing whatever you are doing.
Crazy they didn’t repurpose the $6 Billion facility for a non military purpose?
How deep would it have to be to stop a bunker buster?
G’day Dark, there are genuine secret military facilities hidden in many countries. If a deliberate, documentary style, video or film of such a facility is released then the location can cease to be a secret even if the actual location is not mentioned in the film. The film, itself, if it accurately depicts details and visual specifications then it is a film of a former secret. If the film is not accurate and deliberately released then the film is mere ‘propaganda’ and the secret can be maintained.
America’s ‘Area 51’ is a perfect example. It was a totally, well-kept secret, until film was released by individuals or groups. So the existence of ‘Area 51’ was proven to be an official secret (or lie) yet what actually happens there is, generally, still secret. There are hundreds of suggestions of what ‘could’ be happening at that location; also at nearby ‘S4’ or ‘S2’; books have even been written about what ‘might’ happen there but no official, public statements have ever been issued, to the best of my knowledge.
My point is that one never hears about ‘real secrets’ by their very nature; they are unknown to those who should not know.
If any organisation or country makes and releases images of their military facilities, with any level of detail, then these are not secrets, merely, misinformation or something the originators want you to know about.
So, the underground air bases and the high speed ‘wind tunnel technology’ as shown in an old, messy factory building somewhere in China is what they want the Western world to see and, therefore, not of any real value.
Deliberately causing the creation of so-called, ‘conspiracy theories’ can be of great assistance to any country wanting to distract attention away from what their activities and intentions truly are.
The only genuine ‘chink in the armour’ of state secrets are formerly ‘read-in’, ‘whistle blowers’ that can demonstrate and prove their personal bona fides and sources.
The most recent, credible example of this are the public statements made by Mr David Grusch; a former military, then government civilian intelligence operative who testified, under oath, to a joint Congressional committee regarding the existence of physical evidence that proves UAPs and even non-human ‘biologics’ are in the possession of commercial government contractors.
If Mr Grusch’s sworn testimony could be proven to be a lie then he would be incarcerated by this time, a little over a year since his statements were first made.
The ‘Grusch Affair’ presents the US military and legal establishment with a dilemma. The Federal offence of not telling the truth to a Congressional committee carries with it a significant penalty of incarceration.
If the Federal Attorney General unsuccessfully prosecutes Mr Grusch that is a tacit admission that what Mr Grusch said was the truth. This, in all probability, is precisely why no action has been taken against him. The, aforementioned, establishment does not want Mr Grusch’s statements to be ‘on the record’ as being true.
I mention this, extreme, example of the nature and ramifications of genuine secrecy to underline the fact that if we, the general public, can see what is said to be film about anything that is a “secret”; the most logical conclusion is that what is filmed and distributed is not, in its true sense, a secret.
- Bill H.
Hypersonic capabilities mean nothing against good detection capabilities. As long as you can detect it soon enough, it can be stopped. The reason for this is hypersonic craft no NOT have to ability to maneuver quickly and their flight path is NOT "erratic" in spite of what was said in this video. At the speed the object is traveling it has little ability to alter direction and any changes in direction occur in small amounts over large distances and as long as it's been detected it can be intercepted. This is why America invests in detection technology rather than it's own hypersonic technology.
The US has been developing the SR72 Darkstar for several years. It's cruising speed is Mach 6
11:18 "The site has no air shafts.."
11:22 ...proceeds to show continuous footage of clear air ducts 🤦🏼♂️
He normally calls propeller planes jets.😮
So the Iranians put a couple f4s in a cave as what a threat you'd have to fly something built after the Regan to even stand a chance
That base was actually built with the idea of Operating Su-35s, which Iran has wanted for a while and purchased 1 year ago.
as I have said on many other comments here... stock footage... do you really think that video clip used is from the Iranian base in question? as the narrator is talking about it having no ventilation... he is showing ventilation ducts...
@@jormungand72 Dark Docs IS pretty biased towards the US.
The only reason you think china is ahead is because of the things we know...
Imagine what we don't know about them 😂
@@ryanboscoe9670 Not much, they copy all our shit.
F4 Phantoms are you kidding me? That's like saying they're going to come ar us in a 78 Ford Granada.
5:53 In English on the Iranian wall, 'Think before you act".
there is also clearly ventilation... so... why assume that is an Iranian base? its clearly not the base he is talking about and is just stock footage. or, do you think that the Iranians let a film crew with a drone inside of their heavily restricted military base?
All this AI Video does is repeat itself.
yeah i don’t think you know what ai is. and even if it is ai, why does it matter? just don’t watch it? seems kind of trite to leave a negative comment on a video you’re watching for free. do you complain about the free samples at Costco?
Lmao watch out Iran has f-4's that an f-16 can fuck up, not to mention an f-22 can destroy without being seen on its radar. ohhh yeahh we have the f-35 too thats more or less 5 miles out? yeaaah they wont see that one lmao damn crafty Iran.
A HA THE BORROWERS THEY EVEN COPY ALL OUR MISTAKES, THIS WONT EVEN LET THEM KEEP UP NEVER GET AHEAD .😮😊
15:45 “superpowers won’t be defined merely by their military clout…” but by economics, as it’s always been and will be. It’s how we won the moon, the Cold War, and world war 2. Seems future more of same.
That US HUGE self esteem and self importance over some countries that are evolving in something these countries might want to blast them. It always makes me smille.
A modern Sukhoi, yes that's possible.. A Maverick missile , your talking shite pal.
3:25 Tito died in 1980...So who gave that order?
Exactly
Why does everybody forget that the United States had active hypersonic systems back in the 1960's? The Sprint Missle system, Mach 10?
Lol! Stories from years, even decades ago. Yep, the USA is "really at a disadvantage"!🤣🤣🤣
Stfu we still got that shit to do on gang
Bro America can't even get along with themselves in 2024. The days of the US being the top dog are long long gone 😂 sucks but China really is on top
1923 is not years and def not decades ago d-a
DAMN LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and the other channels they have)
Why are there English warning signs inside the Iranian base? Anyone know?
English is the universal language for aircraft. Maybe Iranian pilots use it as well on occasion.
because stock footage and that isnt the actual inside of a military base with heavily restricted access?
he also said that there is no ventilation inside the base, while in the background, as he is saying that, you can clearly see ventilation.... so yeah. stock footage and not the actual base in question.
A jet in a tunnel must sound so damn cool
14:28 . I know we're talking about hypersoic missles, but heres a video game render of an elcan rifle scope
AC power alternating current, not air conditioning power
It’s a start cart
china is out of money
They still have millions of slaves or I mean citizens 😮
They just create more out of thin air, just like the US.
why does bro sound like he's talking sonic speed
This turned into a video about China
We absolutely know where that "secret Iranian base" is. They're also using 40 year old planes, so.
There still flying F-4s that WE made. Shaking in my boots.
Weird that in the iranian base, they showed a map of iran and used the latin alphabet to spell out the Persian Gulf
If they don't take some base out of the vocals, it just sounds muddled on my system. I have tried an EQ, and maybe it is just my old ears, but why all the low freqs? There is more to balance than left and right.
Anybody else hate misleading thumbnails??
"The Oghab 44 base could be a game changer during times of war, potentially forcing the enemy to reconsider it's military calculations."
Yeah dude, it's right there, hit it once and the whole thing goes up like a match. 🤣
Love it
Wait I thought there was only one pointy pointy long on each end boom boom stick
Imo I’m skeptical the US is behind with hyper sonic technology, the US military typically doesn’t show all its cards and we often find out they had ‘x’ tech or weapons actually years ago lol
Anyone else find it odd to see English writing on the wall in an underground Iranian airbase?
All these "special" underground airforce bases..but their still flying 40yr old F4s ..why the hell cant they figure out how to build their own aircraft
They have. They've focused on drones instead.
@@peterinns5136 ...they haven't. They modified some F5s and thats it. Not capable of actually developing anything remotely modern. Even their drones...i mean, WW2 target-practise for fighter pilots was done partially with old RC-planes. Now they stuff moped-engines in fiberglas-mini-planes and call it a day...
dude do you sniff coke before each episode. why do you need to talk so fast each time
😊❤😊❤😊
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And the world is like: 😮
War is coming
When isn't it somewhere in the world.
get on with it
Get some
where else would Raytheon get their money? duh
Theres talks with vietnam about U.S. warships haveing basses there.
I can say that days funding would decrease now😊
Yea like we dont have all bases that are a threat to us interest targeted and can be taken out within 30min we been doing stuff like this sence 50,s
The dude narrating was in hurry to finish the video. Talking so fast, basically ruined the video.
for the wind tunnel not new, but could be for space plane, like a shuttle, for there space station. remember they just copy, thats all
Explosive diesel fuel! Just like in the movies.
Bros talking at 1.5x speed😂
Let me tell ya something, this is some mind blowing shit here…😮😮😮. Something I don’t think about everyday but, it’s good to know for better understanding of the global temperature, if you will.
Hyper sonic is slow when you compare it to Lazer’s speed!
Hah, Iran has Phantoms?! Oh....stop...please...don't...
The area around Zeljava has been largely demined, a year ago I have not seen so many "mines" signs that I have seen two years before, there is even a container bar and a cleaned parking there that weren't there before. The site is not interesting for the army as it is right on the edge of the border between Croatia and Bosnia&Herzegovina. one of 4 entrances is on the Bosnian side, 3 are on Croatian side and 1 and a half (if I remember correctly) takeoff/landing strip is on the Bosnian side, the rest is on Croatian side - and they have also been bombed. Basically useless for any of countries unless they had the same army. When Yugoslavia existed, there was no official border there.
Well I am no engineer or anything like that, but seeing the pipe systems which shoot out in mach 5 is just crazy, so now I was wondering and as I said I have no Idea I am just a idiot on the web, but why are we shooting rockets into space with so much fuel and stuff, if we could use a pipe system which works just like a gun barrel, which builds up way more pressure with less fuel and basically shoots them most of the way into space rather than gasing all the way.
Very few know about its existence, he says.
Minus the 52 thousand plus folk who just watched this video! 🤣
of course Raytheon would say that, just like in the 50's "the soviets were so ahead of US on mind control tactics" 😂 No wars no money
Unnecessary destruction by an idiotic foe just block the entrances or destroy runway they spent 2 year wasting explosives and an awesome facility
That still photo for the entire story isn't so appealing. Just being honest. Great story tho
6:04 why the hell is there a think before you act sign in an iranian air base
I am a caver and we cavers know the nature can make some big halls like a big football arena, and soo long cave system it's over 2-3-400 km long passage size lots of place like an underground railroad or motorway tunnel.
The deep is an another things some vertical pit is over 3-4-500m deep.
The longest cave in the world you can found in USA the Mammoth caves system and it's over 680km long in Europe in Switzerland the Hölloch ( Hell Hole) system it's over 280 km long .
The deepest you can found in Russia Abbhazia near Georgia state and it's over 2200m deep in Europe in Austria near Salzburg the Lamprechtstofen my favorite cave it's over 50km long but 1642m deep and you can go the bottom entrance.
In Iran had lot's of area of limestone, and they have lots of nature caves with deep pits and huge halls.
In former Yugoslavia and now the Balkan region holds also with big systems and unknown big underground rivers what size is near middle section of river Danube.
The narrator sounds like he has been smokin rocks all day, or been practicing for an auction.. something is a miss. Older videos had a far better cadence. At least a better use of a dramatic pause. Please tell me It's not been an A. I. This whole time...
Paid ccp propaganda
china hipersonic missile.
speed ...yes
trajectory ... yes
accuracy ... I'm not sure
Forget that, like forget your culture of fear. I ain't afraid of China or Russia. There hypervolcity doesn't scare me. That's just wind to me. I'm not afraid cause I have a b8g wanger.
You owe me $100 every time you say “game changer”
Most definitely ❤
Good timing
Dude, can you speak a bit faster with bigger pouses between the sentences...
This voice sounds like les stroud
F-35 vs an F-4 Phantom. Who wins? Lol no one is scared of Iran.
20 kilotons don't seem much now
Why do you speak that way? It is rather disturbing
hey on triton island under the flags what does the writing say in chinese?
I want to like this video/channel… but that voice is literally painful to listen to, couldn’t make it past 1min