Posted on 08/27/2006 10:12:58 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Iran successfully test-fired a submarine-launched long-range missile in the Persian Gulf, Iranian state television reported on Sunday.
The test was part of a continuing series of military exercises the Islamic Republic began earlier this month.
The other threads did not claim this was a long range missile.
No good can come from this.
SS-N-5 type?
How long is long range? I do not believe it was a ballistic missile...and I would be surprised if it were more than 150 miles.
It's almost like they want us to take them out.
Now I am getting an idea of what it must have felt like in the time immediately preceeding WW II.
Range on an SS-N-5 is only around 700 nm. I would not classify this as "long range". The Trident I C-4 missiles on an Ohio class SSBN are in excess of 4000nm and the Trident II D-5 are 50% greater than that.
allarmed by a rocket torpedo?
Yeah, this is the thirties again. The longer we wait to do what must be done the more will die.
This is clear warning that it`s past time to stop playing politics in the war on terrorism. Don`t be fooled, it started in Iran and that`s where it will end.
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Iran test fires long-range missile
POSTED: 1633 GMT (0033 HKT), August 27, 2006
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TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran test fired a long-range, radar-evading missile on Sunday from a submarine in the Gulf as part of war games that began earlier this month, state television reported.
The missile was called Sagheb, which means Piercing, but the report did not give the missile's range.
"Minutes ago it was launched from a submarine in the Persian Gulf and it hit the target," television reported.
Western nations have been watching developments in Iran's missile capabilities with concern amid a standoff over the country's nuclear program, which the West says is aimed at building atomic bombs. Iran says the program is only civilian.
Iran's military also held war games in the Gulf in April. Those exercises were interpreted by analysts as a thinly veiled threat that Iran could disrupt vital oil shipping lanes if pushed by an escalation in the nuclear dispute.
A navy admiral, named only as Kouchaki, told state television the missile had been designed and produced in Iran.
"It can be installed and launched by Iran's navy. It is a long-range missile, with a very high speed and destructive power. It is also radar evading," he said.
The Islamic Republic has three aging Kilo class diesel-electric Russian submarines and also builds midget submarines. The Sagheb is listed as an air defense missile by the Nuclear Threat Initiative Web site (www.nti.org).
Military analysts say Iran often exaggerates its abilities, They argue that its military equipment is outmoded and that new missiles Iran claims to have produced are often modified versions from other countries such as North Korea.
But they also say Iranian forces could, if pushed, cause havoc in shipping lanes in the Gulf, even if they would be no match in any conventional confrontation with the high-tech forces of the U.S. and other navies operating in the area.
FOX reports this is a RUSSIAN origin missile - way too much technology for Iran to have developed on their own
I predict that all four of Iran's submarines will be Gulf bottom decorations within 15 minutes of any major conflict.
Once again we take in the shorts. America is going down. When a nation loses its will to defend itself with overwhelming military force, it goes down. Americans, you are leaving your children and grandchildren a hell of a world to live in, if they live. Liberals and Democrats don't care about children and grandchildren. They have none, selfish elite vermin and scum that they are!!! I'm disgusted!!! GW Bush just sits there and lets these animals ride all over him. And....the Democrat Party could care less, traitors that they all are.
Yeah, serving abord an Iranian submarine would not be the key to a long life.
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