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Iran claims it developed stealth missile interceptor system
2009-09-07
Of course they did. Using science and piped meringue.
Iran said on Sunday it had developed weapons systems to intercept stealth cruise missiles, state-run Press TV reported.

Israel and the United States have not ruled out possible military action if diplomatic efforts fail to curb an Iranian nuclear program the West suspects could yield atomic weapons. Iran insists it seeks only to generate electrical power.

"The Iranian air force has managed to build tens of anti-aircraft batteries and missile systems in addition to sophisticated radar systems," said General Ahmad Miqani, an air defense commander, quoted by Iran's English-language satellite news network. "Today, the military is able to both detect stealth cruise missiles and destroy them," the television quoted Miqani as saying. He gave no further details.
That's because there aren't any, not even the ones he just gave.
Cruise missiles are designed to fly low to their targets, hugging the contours of the land to avoid radar.
Posted by:Fred

#5  "They are right over there ... well of course you can't see them. They are stealth missles. Duh!"
Posted by: Formerly Dan   2009-09-07 15:20  

#4  I suppose there's one way to prove this claim...
Posted by: Raj   2009-09-07 09:43  

#3  Anuyway, IIRc the 1999 serbia bombing campaign, I would think that cruise missiles are actually quite vulnerable to standard AA fire; didn't the serbs down quite a few, as they knew the "bottlenecks" passages over which they had to flow? (Not to mention the french officer who was arrested for passing out classified flight infos to serbs; note that interestingly enuff, this one still is somewhat active, at least online, mostly as a - rightwing - conspiracy theorist/truther).
Posted by: anonymous5089   2009-09-07 09:34  

#2  This may be so. But can they detect the listening devices that are designed to appear to be a mosquito?
Posted by: gorb   2009-09-07 00:50  

#1  What stealth cruise missiles?
Not they are not a good idea...
Posted by: 3dc   2009-09-07 00:34  

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