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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran fires three new missiles in Gulf exercises
2006-11-04
TEHERAN - Iran test fired three new missiles on Friday, the second day of military exercises in the Gulf, state radio said. ”Different kinds of land-to sea and sea-to sea missiles were successfully test fired, including Kousar, Noor and Nasr missiles,” a senior Revolutionary Guards commander, Brigadier-General Fadavi, told state radio.

“The range of the missiles has been increased from 120 km (75 miles) to 170 km (106 miles). Definitely they cover the whole area of the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman,” he said.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  The Iranians have many different types of missiles, all developed elsewhere and added to their arsenal by the Mad Mullahs. They then reverse-engineer them, build an ability to build one or two on their own, and claim they developed them from scratch. They can hit something like an oil tanker, but I doubt they understand the full ESM capabilities of the US or its warships. They won't be able to stop the B-1s and B-2s, but the B-52s will have to wait until the SAM suppression missions are complete. I'd bet my eye teeth (if I still had them) that we know where everything in Iran is, down to coordinates accurate to a few millimeters.

The Iranians can CLOSE the Straits of Hormuz, but I don't think they can KEEP them closed.

I'm not in any position to know, one way or another, about any post-election activity by the US military - sorry.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-11-04 23:23  

#2  If they control the straits of hormuz with these missiles, Israel is f***d because they know they can hold the world to ransom with the oil that comes through there.

What is the threat to US warships who may keep the straights of Hormuz open? Are these missiles accurate? Are they a strategic threat?

Will the US be going after Iran after the midterms?
Posted by: anon1   2006-11-04 01:33  

#1  And it's all our fault, of course.
Posted by: gorb   2006-11-04 00:31  

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