Posted on 01/01/2012 10:44:54 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Tehran also test-fires new radar-evading missile during war games
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch
Reuters
An Iranian ship test-fires what the government said is a new medium-range missile, designed to evade radar, Sunday in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Iran on Sunday fired a new medium-range missile and said it had produced its first nuclear fuel rod, according to media reports.
The defiant statements by Tehran come a day after President Barack Obama signed a law increasing sanctions against Iran, with the U.S. targeting Iran’s central bank and financial sector, Agence France-Presse reported.
The Iranian navy conducts exercises at sea with tests of helicopters, hovercraft and submarines. The tests are part of 10-day maneuvers in international waters. Courtesy of Reuters.
Iranian vessels on Sunday also planned to practice “a new tactical formation” to be used to shut the Strait of Hormuz if instructed, a navy spokesman was quoted as saying by the official Islamic Republic News Agency, AFP reported.
Iran in the past week has threatened to halt vessels moving through the oil shipping route if sanctions were imposed against its crude exports.
And, rods containing natural uranium were inserted into the core of Iran’s research nuclear reactor, Tehran’s state television said, Reuters reported.
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Shows a hovercraft and a submarine also.
Well, we also know their road-side-bombs have been very effective in maiming and killing American Troops serving in Iraq. Have road-side-bombs also been traced back to Iran in Afghanistan?
Much like Saddam attacking our Pilots in the UN no-fly-zone, there’s no lib that can possibly say with credibility “Iran has done nothing wrong”, but still some idiot put it in the comments under the original article link.
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