Posted on 07/03/2012 3:42:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards test fired several ballistic missiles on Tuesday, including a long-range variety capable of hitting U.S. bases in the region as well as Israel, Iranian media reported.
The official IRNA news agency said the surface-to-surface missiles successfully hit their targets, while semi-official Fars said the salvos included the so-called Shahab-3 missile. It quoted a leading officer as saying the missiles travelled distances of up to 1,300 kilometers, or 800 miles.
“So far, we have launched missiles from 300 to 1,300 kilometers in the maneuver,” said Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who heads the Guards’ aerospace division. He hinted that some missiles had an even longer range.
Iran has tested a variety of missiles in previous war games, including a Shahab-3 variant with a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles).
Israel is about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) away from Iran’s western borders, while the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Iranian shores in the Persian Gulf. …
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Iran takes another step toward their own destruction.
A whole country in Suicide jihad mode.
And Israel, probably, has Egypt to deal with, too.
Impossible. The Twelfth Imam will obviously climb out of the well in the Jamkaran Masjid located in Qom and save them all.
One missile into the Aswan dam. Problem solved.
Ah, The Samson Option.....
Oil up almost 10.00 a barrel
Thanks Olog-hai.
You mean like the Jericho II missile (range 1300km) it has had since 1987? Or the newer Jericho III which is an ICBM.
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