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Coming soon to nuclear holocausts near you.....
Posted on 11/08/2005 2:14:43 PM PST by BradtotheBone
LONDON — Germany has confirmed that Iran and Syria have obtained advanced Geman technology for their missile programs, according to a published report.
A German government alert said Iran and Syria have acquired advanced components and technology from German companies. The alert said the two Middle East states have used Germany to enhance the range and accuracy of their missiles.
Russia has served as the liasion for the delivery of German technology to Iran and Syria, the German magazine Focus reported Monday. Russian government institutions transferred the missile technology to production facilities in Damascus and Teheran, the report said. "Leading-edge [German] technology sold in a completely legal fashion to Russian enterprises and research institutes has been transmitted immediately to Iranian and Syrian workshops manufacturing missiles," Focus said.
Berlin has sent warnings to scores of German firms that Iran and Syria were operating through front groups to obtain technology and material for medium- and intermediate-range missiles. The alert cited Iran's Shihab-3 and Syria's Scud D programs.
The government alert was said to have cited 15 Russian companies and research entities. They included the missile factory in Samara and Moscow's State Technical University, long linked to Iran's Shihab-3 program.
Iran acquired German-origin measuring instruments and propulsion and guidance systems for the Shihab-3, Focus said. The missile, designed to deliver a nuclear warhead, was said to have a range of 2,000 kilometers and could strike southern Europe.
For its part, Damascus has used German technology to modernize Syria's Scud-based missile arsenal. Damascus has based most of its missile program on North Korean and Chinese technology and assistance. The programs have included the Scud C and D missiles, with ranges of 550 and 700 kilometers, respectively.
This was the second disclosure of German assistance to the Shihab-3 program in 2005. In April, three German executives were arrested for supplying Iran with missile-launch technology.
Obviously we didn't bomb Germany enough last time.
Why stop at the middleman? Just get a contract with OBL himself.
missles and nuclear technology...... Coincidence?
This is a surprise, isn't it?
No suprise here, seems like the Germans will do any thing for a buck, or in their case, a mark... :o(
HAHAHAHHHAHAHA...when you think about it, historically, the Germans have provided missle technology to everyone.
Actually, it's Euro.
Germans are just like the French, they feel their newfound liberal conciousness will protect them from the criminals with whom they do business.
Not so. These weapons will be 'expeditiously returned' to Germany soon.
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And in spite of catering to Muslim nations with nuclear and rocket technology, they're next on the list after France. The mooslims remind me of the Borg. Assimilating everything in their path.
The deal was that Iran and Syria had to promise to use them on Israel.
But it was a French captain and an android that finally stopped them
Yeah, it got the USA to the moon.
Germany is hoping that the Islamics will do what Germany couldn't do.
Not good.
Thank you, Germany.
Can't argue with that. Who does Germany think will be one of Irans prime targets when it has WMDs to place on the top of those missiles?
Nations across this planet are seemingly loosing their marbles, ours included. Policies that they know will blow up in their faces, are being instituted anyway. Dumb.
Now there is a surprise.
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