Oooooohhhh — that explains it! Perhaps the thinking was that Israel would not go after Turkey if the missiles came from Somalia, but Israel went after Iran hard, as well as Hamas, Hezbollah and and Houthis, so the logic fails. Or is President Trump supposed to be so blinded by his admiration for President Erdogan that will forbid Israel to act?
[ShabelleMedia] The facility is only designed to accommodate systems with a range of up to 2,000 km., placing Israel outside of reach; Somaliland
...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells...., militarily supported by Israel, is within the projected range.
Oh? So that means the IDF base in Somaliland, or perhaps Somaliland targets, to encourage them to kick out those icky Jooooos…
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
member, but not the most reliable...
is developing a space and ballistic missile launch site in central Somalia, combining a satellite launch base for the Ottoman Turkish space program with a testing site for long-range ballistic missiles, according to a report on Wednesday by French newspaper Le Monde.
Officially announced in December 2025 as a technological partnership between Somalia and Turkey, the spaceport is the most consequential layer in a decade-long project to turn Somalia into a forward operating base.
The construction of this spaceport is the culmination of 15 years of political, military, and economic investment by Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
, allowing Turkey to increase the range of their ballistic missile program, increasing the potential threat to Israel.
In mid-October 2025, Turkey began work on the base on the outskirts of Warsheikh, approximately 70 kilometers north of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, Le Monde reported.
Shortly after construction began, Erdogan and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a space cooperation treaty, the latest move in the countries’ long-term partnership.
An investigation by the Middle East Forum in May found that a missile test facility in this location would place most of Africa and the Middle East within range for ballistic missile strikes, creating concrete implications for Israel as relations with Turkey become increasingly hostile.
Although the think tank believes that the facility is designed only to accommodate systems with a range of up to 2,000 km., placing Israel out of reach, this power projection capability would place Somaliland, militarily supported by Israel, within Turkey’s potential range.
In recent months, Erdogan’s anti-Israel rhetoric has increased, with the Ottoman Turkish President repeatedly threatening military action against Israel.
Last month, US President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
acknowledged Erdogan’s strained relationship with Israel, explaining that Turkey wanted to join the war with Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
but, at his request, agreed "to stay out of it."
Erdogan’s harsh anti-Israel rhetoric is considered to be part of his ongoing narrative attempting to position Turkey as a staunch defender of Paleostinian rights.