[sten]

It's strange how ignorant pundits talk about the Persians "working on a missile capable of reaching the East Coast of the U.S." when they've demonstrated a third time, now, the capability of putting a payload into low Earth orbit.

Targeting will continue to be a problem of course, though that's less of a concern when the payload is a nuclear warhead (the more powerful the less the problem) - but the capacity for reaching low Earth orbit is the capacity for placing a payload anywhere on the planet.

The differences between those skills amount to quibbling.

you are EXACTLY right. unfortunately, the vast majority of people in the country fail to understand 'low earth orbit' includes the word 'orbit'... meaning the object circles the globe

i'd swear, if you asked the 'news' types, they would think the iranians satellite is stationary over iran

[Vermont Lt]

I agree.

Some of these guys sound like Bagdahd Bob-—”nope, they can’t do it”. As the missile comes down in their back yard.

And if that happens, watch Obama turn into a surrender monkey in five seconds.