IRAN TEST-FIRES ITS LONGEST-RANGE MISSILE
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The Associated Press
FOX News
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tehran - Iran said Wednesday it has successfully tested what it
called an upgraded version of its longest-range, solid-fuel missile.
State television broke the news in a one-sentence report that gave no
details on the test of the Sajjil-2 missile, a high-speed, surface-
to-surface missile with a range of about 1,200 miles.
That range places Israel, Iran's sworn enemy, well within reach and
reaches as far away as southeastern Europe with greater precision
than earlier models.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor declined to comment
on the latest missile test.
Iran has intensified its missile development program in recent years,
a source of serious concern in Israel, the United States and its
Western allies at a time when they accuse Tehran of seeking to build
a nuclear weapon. Iran, which is under several sets of U.N. sanctions
over its nuclear program, denies the charges and says its nuclear
program is aimed solely at generating electricity.
The name "Sajjil" means "baked clay," a reference to a story in the
Quran, Islam's holy book, in which birds sent by God drive off an
enemy army attacking the holy city of Mecca by pelting them with
stones of baked clay.
Solid-fuel missiles like the Sajjil-2 are more accurate than the
liquid fuel missiles of similar range currently possessed by Iran.
The country has for several years had a solid-fuel missile, the
Fateh, but with the much shorter range of 120 miles.
Iran's arms manufacturing program began during the country's ruinous
1980-88 war with neighboring Iraq to compensate for a U.S. arms
embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored
personnel carriers, missiles and a fighter plane. The actual
capabilities of the weapons, including the accuracy and range of the
country's homemade missiles, are difficult to ascertain given the
secrecy of the Iranian military.
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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Curly Surmudgeon <CurlySu...@live.com> posted:
> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> So what?
Those could become famous last words if the Iranian threat is not neutralized.