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2016-03-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Defies US Warnings, Tests more Ballistic Missiles in Second Day of Drills

[ALMANAR.LB] Iran said its armed forces had fired two more ballistic missiles on Wednesday as it continued tests in defiance of US warnings.

"Long-range Qadr-H and Qadr-F precision missiles were fired today... which destroyed targets" some 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) away, official media quoted the deputy head of the Revolutionary Guards, General Hussein Salami, as saying.

State television broadcast video of two missiles being fired from a site in the Alborz mountain range in northern Iran.

The Islamic Theocratic Republic also carried out multiple ballistic missile tests on Tuesday.

The missile sanctions were imposed a day after nuclear-related sanctions on Iran were lifted.

US State Department front man John Kirby warned on Tuesday that Washington might take unilateral or international action in response.

"The more our enemies increase the sanctions the more intense the Guards' reaction" will be, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh who heads the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace wing said on Wednesday.

"Yesterday we saw missiles fired from silos and platforms and today the launches are taking place from the heart of our Islamic land," he added.

"The reason we have designed these missiles with such a range -- 2,000 kilometers - is to be able to hit our remote enemies, the Zionist regime," ISNA news agency quoted Hajizadeh as saying.

The latest tests, called "The Power of Velayat", a reference to the religious doctrine of the Islamic republic's leadership, were undertaken by the Revolutionary Guards and Aerospace Forces.

The series of tests included short-, medium- and long-range precision guided missiles, with ranges of 300 kilometers, 500 kilometers, 800 kilometers and 2,000 kilometers, state media reported.

Posted by Fred 2016-03-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 The MMs are rubbing O's nose in it, it appears. Is the Champ a chump? NO! Champ is aiding and abetting the MMs in getting their nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems. Millions will die. And congress sits on its collective a$$. And we pay huge sums for suicide on the installment plan.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2016-03-10 00:35|| 2016-03-10 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 I think a little launch site irrigation is in order.

Fukushima authorities still don’t how to dispose of highly radioactive water stored in an ever mounting number of tanks around the site.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-03-10 02:49|| 2016-03-10 02:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Red lines at the ready, awaiting the CIC order to deploy.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-03-10 08:39|| 2016-03-10 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 The Times of Israel adds:

Iran test-fires 2 missiles marked with âIsrael must be wiped outâ

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-10 11:40|| 2016-03-10 11:40|| Front Page Top

#5 One of these from 27 seconds in?
video link

Posted by 3dc 2016-03-10 17:33|| 2016-03-10 17:33|| Front Page Top

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