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| Iran Test Fires Missile Capable Of Hitting Israel, U.S. Bases |
| 2009-05-20 |
| Speaking to a crowd in the city of Semnan, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Tehran has successfully test fired a medium-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile with the ability to reach targets in Israel and the Persian Gulf region. "Defense Minister [Mohammed Najjar] told me today that we launched a Sajjil-2 missile, which is a two-stage missile and it has reached the intended target," Ahmadinejad said, according to the BBC. Adding that the missile was "able to go beyond the atmosphere then come back and hit its target." Iranian military authorities are apparently continuing their testing of the "Sajjil" class ballistic missile. On November 12, 2008, Iran announced a successful test launch of a Sajjil missile. However, U.S. officials doubted the success of the launch, claiming the test rocket suffered an internal failure during the early stages of its flight and traveled only 180 miles. According to state-run Iranian media, "the Sajjil missile has a range of almost 2,000 kilometers and is different from Shahab-3 missile. It operates in two stages and uses solid fuel, whereas, Shahab-3 missile is one-stage operator and uses liquid fuel." "We know that Iran is developing an extended version of the Shahaab-3 that could strike our allies and our friends from the middle east as well as southeastern Europe and to include some of our deployed forces," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman confirmed in November. "We've consistently pointed out that Iran's missile program is a concern and this testing is another reminder of the importance of establishing a missile defense site." |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #6 ISRAEL FORUM > IIRC ISRAEL HAS NO RELIABLE INTERCEPTOR TO DEFEND/PROTECT AGZ IRAN'S NEW MISSLE [Iranian offensive BMS 3 years? ahead of Israeli BMD]; + HIZBULLAH: US, ISRAEL SEEK TO DIVIDE ARABS FROM AGZ IRAN, + US CIA: "BIG TROUBLE" IFF ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN ALONE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-20 21:42 |
| #5 Joe, even in India the Muslim birth rates are dropping. |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-05-20 19:25 |
| #4 ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUMS > INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES NUCLEAR-CAPABLE AGNI-II MISSLE. Lest we fergit, by 2030-2050 INDIA is anticipated to have not only one of the world's largest Muslim minorities, but also a latter more potently influential in NATIONAL GOVERNANCE/ AFFAIRS = POLICY-MAKING. Broadly speaking, RUSSIA-CHINA-INDIA > RADICAL ISLAM only has to keep having BABIES = LARGE FAMILIES [AVG SIZE = 15? 15-PLUS?] to influence iff not de facto take over these already NUKULAAR STATES OF ASIA. * SAME > CHINA'S ARMY SHOWS SIGNS OF RESISTANCE TO COMMUNISM/CHINA WARNS ARMY [PlA] AGZ WASTE, ILL DISCIPLINE, + CHINA-SRI LANKA STRATEGIC COOPERATION. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-20 18:57 |
| #3 "Missle defense site" > includ "OFFENSIVE" NAVAL/SUB-LAUNCHED BMS, + TLCMS. Looks like Year 2010-2012, not unlike MSM-NET repor SOLAR MAX = FLARE(S) to occur during this period, is coming along as anticip, and 'twis gonna be HOT??? * 1980's JOE PISCOPO > SONG LYRIC = "HOT...HOT... HOT..." in more ways than one, or even a few??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-20 18:24 |
| #2 "...is another reminder of the importance of establishing a missile defense site." That would be a reminder to Europe, as it is the only place that was to have a permanent missile defense. Iraq forces are protected by both land and sea based PAC-3 missiles, which at one point numbered over 300. And the closer you go to Israel, the thicker the defenses become. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-05-20 12:20 |
| #1 so what , is Israel and the US now supposed too cower before them and completely shut down the country of Israel and all US bases in the ME? I think they forget we have had missiles since the 50's that could wipe out their whole country |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-05-20 12:19 |