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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran long-range missile goes kaboom
2012-02-03
Iran was working on developing a missile with 10,000 km range that would put America in reach of a potential Iranian attack, Strategic Affairs Minister and Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Thursday.
I'm sure the CIA is working on a report that says this could never happen...
According to Ya'alon, the missile was based on a solid fuel propellant and would have been able to significantly increase Iran's offensive capabilities. In November , a mysterious explosion rocked an Iranian missile base near Tehran where Iran was working on developing this long range missile.
Someone dropped a wrench at the wrong time...
Ya'alon also said that Turkey is helping Iran bypass the sanctions that have been imposed on it in recent months. According to the vice prime minister, who was in the United States last week for talks on Iran with senior officials from the Obama administration, Turkey was helping Iran circumvent the sanctions by allowing it to use its banking system.
So the Turks are playing both sides of the street...
Ya'alon said that the Israeli government was committed to stopping Iran's nuclear program "in one way or another."

"We need a credible military option. The Iranians understand the West has capabilities, but as long as the Iranians don't think that the West has the political stomach and determination to use it they will not stop," Ya'alon affirmed. "Currently they don't think that the world is determined."

Ya'alon also stated that all Iranian facilities can be reached in a military strike. "Anything built by humans can be destroyed by humans... I say this from experience as a former IDF chief of staff," he said.

Ya'alon also said that Iran and Hezbollah were working with drug cartels in Mexico to learn how to smuggle materials into the US, a conduit that could one day be used to smuggle weapons into the country.

Ya'alon said that the "crippling sanctions" that are being imposed on Iran such as the ban on oil exports could succeed in posing a "clear dilemma" for the regime, whether it wants to continue its nuclear program and risk the survival of the Islamic regime or stop and open in dialogue with the West.

Ya'alon said that the West still does not fully understand the severity of the nuclear threat posed by Iran. "America is the larger Satan," he said.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  OOOOOOOOOO, you just know Bug Bunny's GREMLIN WW2 toon character is involved.

Well, iff OWG Caliphate-happy Militants-Terrorists = Non-State NGOS/TANGOS/Proxies armed or wid access to LR IRBMS, ICBMS isn't enough for worry, WHAT IS???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-02-03 18:45  

#3  INSHALAH.
You will NOT launch.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-02-03 12:16  

#2  Multi-stage rockets are one of those "harder than it looks" things.
Posted by: mojo   2012-02-03 09:58  

#1  I really got an appreciation for the concept of "Overkill" (missile failure rate) when visiting the Titan II missile museum south of Tucson.

They had a big chart to explain overkill, describing the percent of high quality American missiles that it is assumed would fail at various stages during and after launch.

Missiles failed in silo. Failed leaving the silo during launch. Failed in the first stage (boost system) just after leaving the silo. Failed still in first stage at Challenger altitude.

Failed at separation and ignition of second stage (post-boost vehicle system), which is a big jump in failures. Failure on reaching zenith and separation and ignition of third stage (re-entry system).

You also have to add in failures of the navigational system, guidance system, the weapons arming system, anti-missile systems and other nuclear detonations which can damage and destroy, and make ineffective.

And last but not least, the nuke may fail in many ways, including an unplanned high explosives detonation, or if timing for the detonation isn't exact.

This is why the US tested and tests all its major missiles at frequent intervals.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-02-03 09:45  

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