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Al Arabiya
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Satellite photos suggest Iran attack on Qatar air base hit geodesic dome used for US comms
An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar key to the US military likely hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show. The US military and Qatar did not immediately respond to requests for comment over the damage, which so far has not been publicly acknowledged. The Iranian attack on Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha, Qatar's capital, on June 23 came as a response to the American bombing of three nuclear sites in Tehran — and provided the Islamic Republic a way to retaliate that quickly led to a ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump ending the 12-day Iran-Israel war. The Iranian attack otherwise did little damage — likely due to the fact that the US evacuated its aircraft from the base home to the forward headquarters of the US military's Central Command ahead of the attack. Trump also has said Iran signaled when and how it would retaliate, allowing American and Qatari air defense to be ready for the attack, which briefly disrupted air travel in the Middle East but otherwise didn't tip over into the regional war long feared by analysts. Images show burn marks, dome gone after attack Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC show the geodesic dome visible at the Al Udeid Air Base on the morning of June 23, just hours before the attack. The US Air Force's 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, which operates out of the base, in 2016 announced the installation of the $15 million piece of equipment, known as a modernized enterprise terminal. Photos of it show a satellite dish inside of the dome, known as a radome. Images taken June 25 and every day subsequently show the dome is gone, with some damage visible on a nearby building. The rest of the base appears largely untouched in the images. It's possible a fragment or something else struck the dome, but given the destruction of the dome, it was likely an Iranian attack, possibly with a bomb-carrying drone given the limited visible damage to surrounding structures. Trump downplayed attack while Iran boasted about it In the US, Trump described the Iranian attack as a 'very weak response.' He had said Tehran fired 14 missiles, with 13 intercepted and one being 'set free' as it was going in a 'nonthreatening' direction. 'I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured," he wrote on his website Truth Social. After the attack, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) insisted the air base had been the 'target of a destructive and powerful missile attack.' Iran's Supreme National Security Council also claimed the base had been 'smashed,' without offering any specific damage assessments. Potentially signaling he knew the dome had been hit, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei separately claimed the base's communications had been disconnected by the attack. 'All equipment of the base was completely destroyed and now the US command stream and connection from Al Udeid base to its other military bases have been completely cut,' said Ahmad Alamolhoda, a hard-line cleric.
Coin Geek
21-05-2025
- Business
- Coin Geek
BSV Association selects Binarii Labs for secure communications using BSV blockchain
Homepage > News > Business > BSV Association selects Binarii Labs for secure communications using BSV blockchain Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Zug, Switzerland & Dublin, Republic of Ireland – 20 May 2025: The BSV Association, which leads the global advancement of the BSV Blockchain, the world's most scalable and regulation-friendly public blockchain, has selected Binarii Labs to be a trusted secure communications provider. As part of the collaboration, BinariiDSM will be used to enable encrypted file exchange and data resilience between Association members, employees and ambassadors, with all file actions immutably recorded on the BSV Blockchain as verifiable Proof of Record. The BSV Blockchain is a highly scalable public blockchain, capable of handling hundreds of millions of transactions daily, making it the ideal solution to facilitate enterprise solutions on-chain. The BSV Association's focus is in working with businesses, governments, enterprise to demonstrate where blockchain can add value for them. The integration of BSV blockchain with BinariiDSM adds a further layer of trust for their customers, reflecting their commitment to operational transparency, trust, and decentralised infrastructure. With member representation and ecosystem growth across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America, the BSV Association supports a diverse global community of enterprises, developers, government agencies, and institutions building real-world applications on scalable public blockchain infrastructure. BinariiDSM, Binarii Labs' patented SaaS data security solutions apply a sovereign-first and zero-trust architecture to protect sensitive unstructured data. Each file is encrypted, fragmented, and distributed across three user-owned storage endpoints, ensuring that no single complete file is ever stored in one place, and that users retain continuous access from any two locations. Integrated blockchain-based logging on the BSV Blockchain ensures transparent and tamper-proof auditability of all file interactions. Ásgeir Óskarsson, Managing Director of BSV Association, commented: 'We are committed to adopting technologies that reflect the values of transparency, resilience, and trust. BinariiDSM aligns with our core principles, ensuring secure communications between our members , our employees and our ambassadors, leveraging the BSV Blockchain to deliver tamper-proof, verifiable records of activity. We look forward to deepening our collaboration with Binarii Labs as secure data infrastructure becomes ever more critical.' Ciarán McNamee, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Binarii Labs, added: 'It is a privilege to be working with the BSV Association. Their selection of BinariiDSM reinforces the growing recognition that unstructured data—documents, reports, and sensitive communications—must be secured with the same rigour as core systems. Our patented architecture, underpinned by blockchain-based Proof of Record, provides a modern, sovereign-first solution to today's data challenges.' This partnership marks another milestone in Binarii Labs' expansion into compliance-driven and blockchain-integrated sectors, demonstrating how sovereign data control, regulatory readiness, and immutable audit trails can be delivered in a single, integrable solution. About the BSV Association The BSV Association leads the global advancement of the BSV Blockchain, the world's most scalable and regulation-friendly public blockchain. With growing adoption across finance, supply chain, health, and government, the BSV Blockchain supports massive-scale data integrity and microtransaction use cases. The Association provides education, technical standards, and ecosystem support for enterprises and developers building real-world blockchain solutions. | About Binarii Labs Headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin, Binarii Labs delivers sovereign-first, zero-trust data security solutions for regulated and data-sensitive sectors. Its platforms—BinariiDSP, BinariiDSM, and CyqurPRO—enable organisations to encrypt, fragment, and distribute unstructured data across multiple storage end-point locations, ensuring full control, compliance, and continuity. Every action is cryptographically recorded via blockchain-based Proof of Record.
