Revolutionary Guard unveils Iranian-produced missile

[BlackSnake]

http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=221654

[sc281]

Fuck........






TEHRAN - Iran's military received a new ballistic missile system on Sunday, which it said demonstrated the country's self-sufficiency in mass producing weaponry.

"The new surface-to-surface missiles, Qiyam (Resurrection) 1, were successfully tested and delivered to the armed forces today," Iran's Arabic-language state television channel Al Alam said.

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It did not disclose the range of the missile, delivered to the aerospace wing of the elite Revolutionary Guards, but said it was designed to be less easily detected than older models.

"The mass production of the Qiyam missile, the first without stabilizer fins, shows the Islamic Republic of Iran's self-sufficiency in producing various types of missiles," Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.

Iran is at loggerheads with major powers over its nuclear work, which it says is peaceful and intended solely for generating electricity but which Washington and its allies fear is aimed at making nuclear bombs.

Israel sees the potential of a nuclear armed Iran -- which refuses to recognize the Jewish state and supports Hamas and Hezbollah -- as a major threat and both it and its ally Washington do not rule out military action to prevent such a scenario.

Iran has said it would respond to any attack by targeting US interests and Israel.

[BP]

Yay, and they'll be sending them to Venezuela.

[Denny]

Yay, and they'll be sending them to Venezuela.

That'll be easy to intercept. I'm worried about their range testing by live trials.

[Sean88gt]

I would say the range is between 1200-1300 miles.

[Broncojohnny]

They would be lucky to get anything they produce off the ground, much less on target.

[thesource]

They would be lucky to get anything they produce off the ground, much less on target.

Didn't they get a sat up into orbit a couple of years ago?

[Broncojohnny]

Didn't they get a sat up into orbit a couple of years ago?

Depends on who you ask. According to them it went up in orbit and around the earth. According to the CIA and some others, it came down in a ball of fire and was a fucking joke.

These are people who have oil out the ass but have to import gasoline.

[sc281]

Depends on who you ask. According to them it went up in orbit and around the earth. According to the CIA and some others, it came down in a ball of fire and was a fucking joke.

These are people who have oil out the ass but have to import gasoline.

Sums them up quite nicely.

[GhostTX]

Ya, gee, that space rocket test earlier had nothing to do with this...