Posted on 03/31/2006 11:42:18 AM PST by Conservative Canuck
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads, the military said Friday.
Gen. Hossein Salami, the air force chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards, did not specify the missile's range, saying it depends on the weight of its warheads. But state-run television described the weapon as "ballistic," suggesting it's of comparable range to Iran's existing ballistic rocket, which can travel 2,000 kilometres and reach arch-foe Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East.
"Today, a remarkable goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran's defence forces was realized with the successful test-firing of a new missile with greater technical and tactical capabilities than those previously produced," Salami said on state-run television.
It showed a clip of the launch of what it called the Fajr-3, with "fajr" meaning "victory" in Farsi.
"It can avoid anti-missile missiles and strike the target," Salami said. He said the missile would carry a multiple warhead, and each warhead would be capable of hitting its target precisely.
"This news causes much concern, and that concern is shared by many countries in the international community, about Iran's aggressive nuclear weapons program and her parallel efforts to develop delivery systems, both in the field of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles," said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev.
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Right on the mark!
Do it for the sake of the poor muslims! All this drama is scary! /AP insanity
"China and Russia work together because they know that they both gain whenever the USA's national treasury gets dumped ...."
Heck, China is the one financing most of our National Treasury these days ....
He displays classic symptoms of megalomania - the enjoyment of having power over other people and the craving for more of it - and he has terrible toys that he intends to unleash. In his delusion, he is sure of success - He is sowing the wind - and we will all reap the whirlwind before he and his ilk are beat back into the sand.
Every generation, it seems, has it's madmen. Let's hope he's stopped in his march to madness earlier than Hitler was...
Wonder if Israel is going to sit idly and wait for them to make the first strike. They can't. One strike would wipe Israel off the map - so the question begs "When will Israel strike?"
"Let's hope he's stopped in his march to madness earlier than Hitler was..."
If only the Euro-weenies could learn the lessons of the past. Dubya gets it.
This nut has even sid if Iran is wiped out, ther'll still be a billion Muslims to rise up against "The Great Satan."
So who's the Satanic one? And don't give me this crap about the "Iranian people don't support the Mullahs." If they don't, they damn well better stand up and show it FAST.
and the first thing they'll do is not only cry for help =- but demand it as their right = of course we will have no recourse as the mad man has no intentions of stopping there
Ugh. Yep. Word I had was it was the Chinese who were helping them with the re-entry vehicle. I'll see if I can dig up the reference. And so it goes... :-(
Just make sure the wind is blowing their way for the fallout...:-)
We can make a bigger explosion with 700 tons of chicken$41t than they can with a MIRVed Scud.
TECH SPACE
Russian Telecom Satellite Fails After 'Sudden Impact'
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 30, 2006
The Russian Satellite Communications Company's Express-AM11 telecommunications satellite suffered a sudden failure on Wednesday. "At present, providing services via the Express-AM11 satellite is impossible," the company said in a statement. Telemetry showed the failure, which occurred at 6:55 a.m. Moscow Time, was caused by "a sudden external impact on the spacecraft," RSCC said in a statement.
Maybe so. The problem is, they're WAY past Scuds with conventional warheads.
And how, with who's help and support. Not Kofi and the Euro-jerks.
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