An Iranian military truck carries parts of the S200 missile system during the Army Day parade in Tehran on April 17, 2015 (AFP Photo/Chavosh Homavandi)
Posted on 05/09/2016 3:33:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Tehran (AFP) - Iran launched a new long-range missile late last month, a general announced on Monday, trumpeting the accuracy of the latest such weapon to be test-fired in defiance of the West.
"A missile with a 2,000-kilometre range was tested two weeks ago," said General Ali Abdolahi, adding that it has a negligible margin of error of just eight metres (yards).
"We can guide this ballistic missile. It leaves the Earth's atmosphere, re-enters it and hits the target without error," the armed forces deputy chief-of-staff said, quoted by the website of state broadcaster IRINN.
However, several hours later, Defence Minister General Hossein Dehghan denied that such a test had taken place.
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An Iranian military truck carries parts of the S200 missile system during the Army Day parade in Tehran on April 17, 2015 (AFP Photo/Chavosh Homavandi)
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In early March, Iran carried out several short-, medium- and long-range (300 to 2,000 kilometres) precision missile tests across its territory, mostly from underground bases.
The series of tests has come in for criticism from the United States, Britain, France and Germany.
They say the tests violate United Nations resolutions, and have called on the Security Council to address them.
Opponents of the programme say the weapons are capable of carrying nuclear warheads, an argument categorically denied by Tehran’s political and military authorities.
Tehran’s ballistic missile tests in late 2015 brought new sanctions by the US against Iran on January 17.
The punitive measures were announced a day after international sanctions were lifted following the entry into force of a July 2015 nuclear agreement.
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Neville Chamberlain REDUX
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traitor obma
idiot kerry / kohn
sellout - traitor felon / clintoon
libtard bobbleheads and freesheet crowd that elected this TRAITOR twice
SELLOUT REPUBLICANS THAT DIDN’T IMPEACH.... CO-TRAITORS
Looks like they stole it from a midwest carnival ride, LOL
Barack Hussein Obama...the Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Iranian, and general Islamic extremist gift that keeps on giving.
I pray to God in Heaven that Trump wins this thing...Hillary will continue down this same Obama path...even more so.
Iran has definitely turned into a circus act.. maybe someone can photochop Obammy flying out of the end of the cannon looking thingy.. without a net. ;-)
Jeremiah/Ezekiel
Strategic defense ping
Let me guess . . . Obama sent a congratulation note and the White House will be lighted in the colors of the Iranian flag tonight.
Bibi? Are you paying attention?
Iran technology wise is a different ballgame than say North Korea. We made the huge mistake of selling Iran some of our technology back in the early & mid 1970’s. It was our best technology but enough to help them develop into a menace after the overthrow. Anything that can be propelled either by an onboard rocket or fired say from a cannon can be used as a means to deliver low yield nukes. With Iran thanks to our doing nothing they likely have larger yield nukes. That is the big risk in the PG from Iran as it would disrupt shipping.
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What reason would they have not to break UN sanctions
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