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Iran tested new missile during summit
| Not sure if we noted this before so here it is. |
Iran tested a newly-developed ballistic missile on the day of the Annapolis conference, Channel 10 reported Wednesday. The Ashoura missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers and is capable of reaching Israel, US Army bases in the Middle East and eastern European cities, including Moscow, said the TV channel.
According to the report, the new missile is an improvement on the existing Shihab-3 missile. The Ashoura uses solid fuel instead of the Shihab's liquid fuel, giving it a significantly faster launch sequence which is harder to detect.
Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Mostafa Muhammad-Najjar had announced the development of the new missile on the day of the summit, but had not specified whether it had actually been tested.
| Wonder how the authors of the new NIE account for Iran building missiles specifically designed to lift a nuclear weapon? There's no need for a 2,000 km missile to send a conventional bomb, and it isn't big or reliable enough to lift a satellite into orbit. So hey CIA, you're the smart ones, what's with the Ashoura? |
Posted by: Steve White 2007-12-13 |
