Posted on 08/31/2016 7:43:41 AM PDT by Cheerio
Iran to launch ‘friendship’ satellite
Iranian officials announced on Tuesday that the country is preparing to launch three new satellites into space, renewing concerns from defense experts about Iran’s ongoing research into long-range ballistic missile technology that could help it fire a nuclear weapon at Western nations.
Mohsen Bahrami, the director of Iran’s space agency— which has long been suspected of providing cover for weapons research—announced that Iran would launch its newest satellite, dubbed “Friendship,” later this year.
“The Dousti (Friendship) satellite (built) by (experts at) Sharif University of Technology is the first satellite which will be launched in the second half of this (Iranian) year,” which began on March 20, Bahrami was quoted as saying by the country’s state-controlled press.
Defense experts and former U.S. officials told the Washington Free Beacon that the test is likely cover for Iran to pursue illicit intercontinental ballistic missile technology, which could enable the Islamic Republic to fire a nuclear weapon over great distances.
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End Time Bible Prophecy ping
World War 3 here we come.
Launch vehicle explodes on the pad, stages separate improperly, satellite fails to reach orbit, buggy software causes it to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up. Just a few possibilities here.
Four years of Hillary and we’re dead.
What if one of those satellites is an EMP?
“Then we’re stupid, and we’ll die.”
Love, Pris
Its amazing what billions of US dollars will pay for.
..Thank you Obama. With the muslim in chief giving the OIC’s “UN” the internet, it makes all things possible for the muslims.
We have lost the first and greatest asset we have because of muslim empowerment,,,, errrr Jihadi raiding of America’s assets. So islamic.
and who said that M*****FU***R wasn’t a muslim?
FUBO, FUUN, FUHRC
Thanks to the Marxist/Muslim usurper in our White House, Iran has the funds necessary to build weapons to wipe us off the map.
How about, regardless of the payload, at 2000 feet the flight suffers from a poorly designed trigger resulting in nuclear detonation. The world mourns the tragedy while snickering in their shirt sleeves. The United States calls an Emergency Meeting and declares war only minutes before two dozen Hydrogen Bombs detonate over Iran "in retaliation".
Wow!
Whew!
Was that good!
Don’t we have satellite killers?
Shoot it down on the first or less pass.
Hey, stuff happens.
Yup. An EMP is more deadly than a “traditional” nuke. Meanwhile, we fund the engineering and construction of the payload and delivery system. Fortunately, Gingrich is well versed on the implementation and subsequent devastation of an EMP strike, and he will bring Trimp up to speed to thwart the danger.
“What if one of those satellites is an EMP?”
or all of them could be, with 10 or so orbiting nuclear warheads ready to be rained down, at the right time. An orbital Pearl Harbor in the making.
They didn’t come up with those on their own .
Remember NASA was given orders to help the muslims.
Barack Obama: Nasa must try to make Muslims ‘feel good’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/7875584/Barack-Obama-Nasa-must-try-to-make-Muslims-feel-good.html
The head of the Nasa has said Barack Obama told him to make “reaching out to the Muslim world” one of the space agency’s top priorities.
[[Don’t we have satellite killers?
Shoot it down on the first or less pass.
Hey, stuff happens.]]
Do you really think 0 is going to give orders to knock those satellites out ?
Did you forget the orders he gave NASA ?
“Friendship”, huh? What size EMP bomb will it be carrying?
Time for a grazing orbit. Or a nice ASAT launch.
Sorry, just joking. I know the usurper and the principled conservative just gave them $150 Billion dollars.
Yes, it sure would be a shame if the wrong commands got sent to it and it tumbled uncontrollably.
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