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US believes Iran successfully launched satellite into orbit
Arutz Sheva ^ | 23/4/20 | Elad Benari

Posted on 04/22/2020 5:12:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

The United States has assessed that Iran successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time on Wednesday, two US Defense Department officials said, according to CNN.

The move is seen as a significant step because the country's space program utilizes the same technology that would be needed to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would increase Tehran's capability to strike enemy targets.

US Space Command is tracking two objects in orbit that were launched from within Iran, one of the officials said, according to CNN. One is a rocket body and the other is assessed to be the satellite. The rocket body may still be in orbit because the Iranian program is not sophisticated enough to have perfected re-entry into the atmosphere.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said earlier on Wednesday it had successfully launched the country’s first military satellite into orbit.

It claimed that the satellite, named Noor, was launched from the central desert of Iran. CNN has not been able to independently verify the success of the launch.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later called for Iran to be held accountable for the launch of the satellite, adding he thinks the action violated a United Nations Security Council resolution, Reuters reports.

US officials say that Iran’s satellite launches defy UN Security Council Resolution 2231.

Resolution 2231 enshrined Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States and calls on Iran to refrain for up to eight years from work on ballistic missiles designed to deliver nuclear weapons.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abltesttarget; airbornelaser; iran; launch; satellite; success; thingsthatgofizzle
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1 posted on 04/22/2020 5:12:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Hopefully we have an idea of the capabilities of this military satellite.


2 posted on 04/22/2020 5:17:13 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Eleutheria5

Ouch, they’ll stop now. :)


3 posted on 04/22/2020 5:19:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Eleutheria5

...two US Defense Department officials said, according to CNN.

Enough said?


4 posted on 04/22/2020 5:22:49 PM PDT by McGruff (Freedom is contagious.)
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To: Eleutheria5
Three letters that scare me.

EMP

5 posted on 04/22/2020 5:42:31 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Eleutheria5
Thank you, Jimmy Carter...

/sarc

6 posted on 04/22/2020 5:50:59 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? (****** BIDEN-JOHNSON ****** 'Because Guam doesn't deserve to capsize!')
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To: ealgeone

Utterly amazing that a Islamic sh*thole country that can’t do anything right in the world can all of a sudden send objects into space. That f-ing a-hole Obama did everything he could to propel the Iran regime’s lust for splitting the atom and being a member of the a-hole ballistic missile club (nuclearized). FUBO! SPIT!


7 posted on 04/22/2020 5:58:54 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Eleutheria5

Perhaps some covert action from our “Space Force” would be in order. Yeah, it’s still the Air Force at this time, but baby steps.


8 posted on 04/22/2020 5:59:40 PM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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To: Eleutheria5

If true, this is real bad news.
It means they can hit us when they have a functional weapon.


9 posted on 04/22/2020 6:04:15 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: shanover

Pakistan, North Korea and Iran have all been aided by China.

China was aided by Bill Clinton.


10 posted on 04/22/2020 6:05:49 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Eleutheria5

It’s not that hard. We’re supposed to be impressed?


11 posted on 04/22/2020 6:11:20 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Eleutheria5

Will it stay in orbit?


12 posted on 04/22/2020 6:13:06 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Looks like an opportunity to test our anti-satellite technology.


13 posted on 04/22/2020 6:48:48 PM PDT by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: jdsteel

I thought we had airplanes that can shoot down satellites.


14 posted on 04/22/2020 7:03:34 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Eleutheria5

This is why President Trump used the words “shoot down”. Message that Iran would understand.


15 posted on 04/22/2020 8:13:24 PM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: Eleutheria5

Hehe, now watch as evil Donald ze Trump orders just one of our super secret black interstellar triangle space ship to fire it’s super phaser weapony thingy and vaporize it into subatomic particles - like poof!


16 posted on 04/22/2020 8:40:47 PM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
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To: Eleutheria5

If Iran ever launches an ICBM, I believe it will be from Libya.


17 posted on 04/22/2020 8:43:46 PM PDT by wolfman
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To: ealgeone

Yeah, having read “One Second After” about a year ago, I couldn’t agree more.


18 posted on 04/22/2020 8:47:16 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: Who is John Galt?

19 posted on 04/22/2020 8:56:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: plain talk

How much it weighs is the most important thing, yes?


20 posted on 04/22/2020 8:59:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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