Iran Is Building Its Missile Force

NewsMax ^ | March 12, 2006 | Charles R. Smith

[SIDENET]

Time to take out Iran.

[MNJohnnie]

Bush's Fault! Everything else is these day so we might as well blame this on him too.

[operation clinton cleanup]

The Chinese missile technology, adopted from U.S. exports during the Clinton administration, enables the Shahab-3 missile to be targeted against the Israeli Jewish population.

Well played Bernie Schwartz.. hope you and Loral are proud!

[Just Lori]

The recent missile test shows that statements made by Iranian officials were false.

There's a real newsflash for ya.

[monkeywrench]

Bttt!

[jazusamo]

Scary stuff. Their phsyco leader just might use them on Israel.

[SIRTRIS]

"The recent missile test shows that statements made by Iranian officials were false"

followed by, "Our nuclear power is only for peaceful means"

[livius]

Maybe a special exhibit in the Clinton Liberry?

[Horatio Gates]

The Iran-o-nuts seem to be pushing for an Ohio class submarine originated Shahab - alaba ding dong. They want to force our hand and ignite muslim war aginst the US at their expense. The next generation of Iranians ain't as whack as these nuts and they know it

I wouldn't be surprised to hear of an Israeli strike anytime soon

[advance_copy]

The crackpots running Iran are a serious problem. And I cannot think of anyone who I'd rather have as President dealing with this threat than George W. Bush.

[mylife]

[Billthedrill]

FWIW, there's an inverse relationship between maximum payload and range (as you'd figure). The question is how stable the reentry vehicle is - there have been reported problems - and how light they can make their weapon. It turns out not to have to be all that light.

HERE is a rough estimate of what we're looking at.

The Shahab-4 is similar in terms of launch weight to the Soviet SS-18 which has a range of around 5000 nm and a payload of 7-8000 kg. The Iranians have a way to go to catch up with Soviet technology but it doesn't mean they aren't trying.

[appleharvey]

Time to take out Iran.

I have a feeling the plan has already been drawn up. All we're waiting for now is the execution.

[Eagles6]

"Scary stuff. Their phsyco leader just might use them on Israel."

Or our troops in Iraq.

[John Semmens]

Iran Stepping Up Plans for Shahab Missiles

As Iran pursues a nuclear program the West fears is aimed at producing bombs, Tehran also appears to be stepping up development of missiles capable of carrying atomic warheads.

A covert Iranian program run by people closely linked to Iran's military includes plans to arm its Shahab-3 missiles, which experts believe have a maximum range of around 2,000 km (1,240 miles), with nuclear warheads.

An Iranian official, who asked not to be named, denied the charge. "The Shahab missiles are intended to deliver mail and packages to distant locations like Europe and Israel," said the official. "We are dissatisfied with the current delivery services. FedEx, DHL and UPS are too slow and unreliable. The Shahab will shave days off transit times, ensuring that our packages arrive more promptly at their destinations."

Iran has repeatedly warned it would not hesitate to deploy the Shahab-3 missiles, if commercial services cannot cut delivery times down to 30 minutes or less.

Alireza Jafarzadeh, an Iranian exile who heads a think-tank in Washington, told Reuters Tehran had sharply accelerated production of Shahab-3 missiles to around 90 a year from 15-20.

"As our economy grows, we must upgrade our package delivery system if we want to have a significant impact in world trade," said the unnamed Iranian official.

read more at...

http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm

[jazusamo]

Yes, you have a point. I don't know if he's psycho enough to do it to us though because he has to know he'd pay a heavy price. He might think he could squeeze by with Israel.

[M. Espinola]

Very well researched. Thanks for posting this data on the Iranian threat.

[Chena]

Misery loves company and reports like this make me miserable. BTTT

[ASA Vet]

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