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Russian Defense Minister: Iran Doesn't Have “Secret” Ballistic Missiles
2006-04-07
Although Iran said Wednesday that it had successfully test-fired a “top secret” missile, the third in a week, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov does not believe Iran has such weapons.

“I would like to assure everybody: Iran does not have intercontinental ballistic missiles, it has medium-range missiles. There are an ever-increasing number of states in the world who possess medium-range missiles and only two countries in the world — Russia and the U.S. — do not and cannot possess them,” Ivanov said.

Ivanov also expressed the hope that the Iranian nuclear dossier would be settled through diplomatic efforts.

The report by Iranian state television called the last missile an “ultra-horizon” weapon and said it could be fired from all military helicopters and jet fighters.

Last week, Iran said it tested the Fajr-3 missile, which it said could evade radar and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads.

Iran also has announced tests of two new torpedoes. Some military analysts in Moscow said the high-speed torpedoes were probably Russian-built and might have been acquired from China or Kyrgyzstan.
Posted by:Captain America

#7  Hi ya Joe! We're rarely coherent awake at the same time.
Posted by: 6   2006-04-07 21:27  

#6  Will say again that with America in the process of deploying operational laser- and missle-based GMD, etal. traditional Cold War ICBM attacks are now mostly relegated to Second Strike/Follow-on Strike status, wilful "bolts-fron-the blue" mass saturation strikes notwithstanding. Priority for now goes to Commando-PYWAR + Land-Attack Cruise/UW land-attack nuke/NBC missle forces. Between now and 2015-2020 the preferred agenda is to destabilize America unto [Anti-Amer American]Socialism and OWG-SWO without necessarily destroying her. The Russo-Chinese "WAR ZONE/BATTLE ZONE" "local war" strategem emphasizes POLITICAL VICTORY-METHODISMS OVER MILITARY-VIOLENT - in essence, this means that America's enemies and aligned give higher support and priority to anti-American Americans/Fifth Columnists already within the NPE and Econ-Mil-Indus Sectors, etc. To paraphrase ANN COULTER on FNC, the Dems want to wait until America loses a city or cities before taking any action ion response, and even iff America does lose a city or cities wid massive casualties, its debatable whether the Dems and Left will still take any action to avenge America's losses!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-04-07 20:50  

#5  Inside Iranian Missile Command.
Posted by: doc   2006-04-07 15:21  

#4  Moscow Bob?
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-04-07 12:15  

#3  The Russians don't know about the Double Secret Probation missiles.
Posted by: Ayatollah Wormer   2006-04-07 11:39  

#2  No secret missiles. So? Just the open ones we know about.
Posted by: SR-71   2006-04-07 11:26  

#1  Yeah, we know. We filed this claim right alongside the equally laughable Russian claims of last year.
Posted by: Thalet Angeng7414   2006-04-07 11:10  

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