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| Iran successfully fires satellite rocket: reports |
| 2010-02-04 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran successfully fired on Wednesday a home-built satellite rocket, Kavoshgar 3, carrying an "experimental capsule," state-owned al-Alam television reported, giving no further details. The move, a part of celebrations marking the 31st anniversary of the founding of the Islamic revolution, may worry Western powers who fear Tehran is seeking to build a nuclear bomb and missile delivery systems. Western nations are concerned that the long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit can also be used to launch warheads, although Iran says it has no plans to do so. TV reports showed footage of a rocket blasting off from a launch-pad. Iranian media said earlier the Islamic Republic would on Wednesday unveil three new satellites and another satellite carrier, named Simorgh. Exactly one year ago, Iran launched a domestically made satellite into orbit for the first time. It has said the launch of the Omid satellite was for peaceful telecommunications and research purposes. Iran, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, says its nuclear program is solely to generate electricity, and Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday Iran was ready to send its enriched uranium abroad in exchange for nuclear fuel. In December, Iran said it test-fired a long-range, upgraded Sejil 2 missile. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the time said the launch was of serious concern to the international community and underlined the case for tougher sanctions. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 NUCLEARIZED "PEOPLE'S/RELIGIOUS WAR". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-04 23:05 |
| #4 The Pentagon-USDOD believes that NORTH KOREA will dev a NUKE-TIPPED MISSLE sometime widin this decade, which by extension is broadly the same as saying that ISLAMIST IRAN will also, be it indigenous andor foreign-developed [read, PAKISTAN, World Black Markets, etc. sources]. IMO THE REAL GEOPOL DANGER stems from POST-2012 NUCLEAR ISLAMIST-, OTHER MILITANCY-TERRORISM, notsomuch post-2012 NUC IRAN. Newly nuclear Iran, etc. will prefer to stay on the ASYMMETRIC GEOPOL MIL DEFENSIVE despite any rants to the contrary, + let the NUC MILTERR GROUPS do all the Nukin' + a'Warrin' agz ISRAEL + [econ bankrupt?]US-WEST. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-04 23:03 |
| #3 I saw the video, and that rocket was too small to put anything into orbit. U.S. amateur rocketeers regularly launch rockets bigger than that and all are sub-orbital. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2010-02-04 08:30 |
| #2 TOPIX > [2010-2020] NUCLEAR MISSLE THREATS TO US MOUNT. * SAME > US PENTAGON CONFRONTS RUSSIA IN THE BALTIC SEA [Polish PATRIOTS, Naval BMD]. Response by Russ Navy. * SAME > US INTELLIGENCE CHIEF BLAIR: CAUCASUS MOST LIKELY FLASHPOINT IN EURASIA + US INTEL [Blair]: BALKANS THREATEN EUROPEAN STABILITY [BOSNIA's Croat, Muslim, + Serb factions]. * SAME > WAR IS POSSIBLE | CHANGES IN GEOPOL ORDER, SUPPORT OF IRAN, TURKEY [+ even RUSSIA] SHIFTS ADVANTAGE TO AZERBAIJAN OVER ARMENIA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-04 01:23 |
| #1 Why nuclear bombs and missile systems? A nice strong orbital EMP would probably kill more people when their Priuses couldn't deliver kids to school. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-02-04 00:07 |