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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps last week demonstrated the integration of a system that turns the Shihab-3 intermediate-range ballistic missile from a flying metal tube into a deadly weapon against Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service. The Shihab-3's problem has not been its range, but its accuracy. With a range of 1,400 kilometers, it can reach anywhere in Iraq, Israel and Saudi Arabia. But the missile, based on the North Korean No Dong, was not accurate. The Iranians appeared to have changed all that. Tehran has procured and integrated a Chinese missile...

(IsraelNN.com) According to the Times of London, Israeli defense sources revealed that three Iranian Shihab-3 type missiles were placed on their launch pads following a recent Israel Air Force aerial exercise in the Mediterrenean. The missiles were allegedly readied for a counterstrike should Israel attack Iran. General Mohammad Ali Jaafari, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (which operates the missiles) threatened over the weekend that:”Iran has many different ways to strike worldwide...and the important part of this is based on our missiles.” Iran has from 25-100 Shihab-3 missiles which have a range of 2100 km capable of striking most countries...

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran has provided the first data of the capabilities of its enhanced Shihab-3 intermediate-range missile. Iranian officials said the range and accuracy of the Shihab-3 have been significantly improved in 2004 with two flight tests of the enhanced missile. They said the missile underwent a redesign as well as integration of an advanced navigation and targeting system. As a result, officials said, the Shihab-3 could now reach a range of 2,000 kilometers with a circle of error probability of one meter. Until 2004, the Shihab was said to have a range of 1,300 kilometers and a CEP...

Iran successfuly tests 2000-km range ballistic missile By Haaretz Service Iran has tested a new missile using solid-fuel technology that matches the more than 2,000-kilometer range of its Shihab-3 rocket, Agence France Presse quoted the Islamic republic's defense minister as saying Tuesday. Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said the test, carried out on Sunday, was "100 percent successful."

While European negotiators focus on Iran's development of enriched plutonium, U.S. intelligence officials say Tehran already has completed all of the elements required for an atomic bomb. The news has stunned President Bush, according to Geostrategy Direct, an intelligence news service led by national security reporter Bill Gertz of the Washington Times. "It's an incredible piece of intelligence that overshadows everything we thought we knew on Iran's nuclear program," one U.S. intelligence source said.

Iran 'Estatic' With Chinese Missile Navigation SystemThe Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps last week demonstrated the integration of a system that turns the Shihab-3 intermediate range ballistic missile from a flying metal tube into a dealy weapon against Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.The Shihab-3's problem has not been it's range, but it's accuracy. The missile, based on the North Korean No Dong, was not accurate.The Iranians appear to have changed all that._Full Text, subscribers

Iran's supreme leader on Sunday inaugurated a new ballistic missile that brings Israel within range of the Islamic republic, praising the event as a key moment in the defense of the Palestinian cause. "Today our people and our armed forces are ready to defend their goals anywhere," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a ceremony for the elite Revolutionary Guards carried on state television. "This divine force has answered all threats, and we are witnessing today that this divine force is now doing the same for the Lebanese and the Palestinian people," he added in the ceremony to bring the Shihab-3 missile...

After years of development, Iran on Monday confirmed that the Shihab-3 ballistic missile, capable of reaching Israel, has undergone its "final testing" and is to go into production. What appears to be the successful test of the Shihab-3 only confirms what Israeli intelligence officials have warned in increasingly strident language: Iran is the greatest strategic threat to Israel. "This is very bad news for us," a senior IDF source said Monday night. "It means that Iran now has the capability to deliver a warhead to virtually any location in Israel." He explained that missiles themselves pose little strategic threat, but,...

The arrow missile system provide a good line of defense against Iran's Shihab-3 missile," the heads of the Arrow system Aryeh Herzog said Tuesday. After years of development, Iran announced Monday that the Shihab-3 ballistic missile, capable of reaching Israel with a 1,300 km range, has undergone its "final testing" and is now operational. Defense officials warned that the Shihab missile has the ability to carry a nuclear warhead and that Iran will most probably achieve nuclear capability within two years. Herzog also said that Israel needs to watch over Syrian surface-to-surface missiles, which can reach Israeli targets.

The northern region of the country and parts of the coast are now within range of Iran's Shihab 3 missile due to delays in the construction of an Arrow anti-missile missile base at Ein Shemer, near Pardes Hannah. This information was disclosed at the end of last week by a senior Israeli security officer, who spoke following a recent successful Iranian Shihab 3 test. The Iranian surface-to-surface missile has a 1,300-kilometer range, and could reach any site in Israel. Officials in Israel believe that Tehran has several such operational missiles. The Israel-Iranian missile race accelerated after Israel was surprised by...