Posted on 10/11/2015 5:16:07 AM PDT by Netz
(CNN)—Iran has successfully test-fired a new long-range surface-to-surface missile, state-run IRNA reported on Sunday.
The Emad (Pillar) missile, designed and built by Iranian experts, is the country's first long-range missile that can be precision-guided until it reaches its target, said Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan, Iran's defense minister.
"To follow our defense programs, we don't ask permission from anyone," he said, according to IRNA.
The new rocket is "capable of scrutinizing the targets and destroying them completely," IRNA reported.
Improved accuracy
Anthony Cordesman, a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote in October last year that the Emad was a variant of Iran's existing Shahab-3 long-range missile, "but with a maneuvering reentry vehicle to improve system accuracy and complicate missile defense."
The liquid-propelled rocket had a range of 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) and was accurate to within 500 meters (1,640 feet) of the target.
The rocket could carry a 750-kilogram (1,653-pound) payload and was scheduled for deployment some time after 2016, he wrote.
The Shahab-3 is based on the Nodong, a North Korean missile, according to a paper by Michael Elleman, a researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a UK-based think tank.
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The best way to counter a maneuvering RV is to engage it in the prelaunch phase. Preferably in the factory.
Did they get the guidance from Clinton, Inc which
sold it to China ... or from China.
[White Mosque: “Treason by a Clinton is as American as white bread.”]
Giuliani was right.
What did Giuliani say?
Obama does not love America.
The axis of evil was given a boost by Bambi.
Ovomit has done more to reverse US Foreign Policy (and Domestic policy) in his Presidency than FDR, HST, DDE, JFK, LBJ, RMN, GRF, JEC, RWR, GWB Sr., WJC and GWB Jr., all combined.
The man is leading America and the West down the toilet.
OK. Where’s the pic of 2000 Iranian missiles being launched?
Giuliani is GOPe.
Test firing...all they need is 1...
Giuliani is GOPe.
It’s still a true statement. That’s all I am saying.
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