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Iran Unveils Surface to Surface Missile With 2500 KM Range; Weapon is Direct Threat to US Vessels in Persian Gulf
2015-03-09
[Algemeiner]
Real, or the usual Iranian vapourware?
Posted by:Hupineger Glomomp52169

#19  Iff one believes that RISING IRAN = RISING CHINA, then Iran faces the same risks as China iff it doesn't decentralize or expand its sphere of influence vee the "Sole Superpower USA, namely ..

* WORLD NEWS > [SCMP] "CHINA LIKELY TO END-UP AS A FORMER WOULD-BE SUPERPOWER", SAYS EX-GOLDMAN-SACHS PARTNER [Roy Smith] WHO PREDICTED JAPAN'S DEMISE, back in 1990.

Clearly Mr. Smith must be a MADONNA FAN.

Iff Mr. Smith is correct, it may just be NUCLEAR ISLAM that takes over GUAM-WESTPAC = 1/2 OR MORE OF THE PACIFIC from Self-Retreating Globalist
Amerika = future Islamerika/Islamo-Amerika???

Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-03-09 22:37  

#18  Lest we fergit, to be a [Anti-US?] "US-style", Par OWG Co-Superpower Iran needs not only Nukes + Advanced MilTechs, BUT ALSO THE POTENT MODERN NATIONAL ECONOMY TO SUPPORT ITS NEWFOUND INTERESTS OR AGENDUM.

Which neither it nor any of its Sunni Rivals is going to achieve adhering to traditional or restrictive Islamic isolationism - IN MANY WAYS ITS THE SAME PROBLEM IRAN'S + SSSHHH ... CCCC US' CO-SUPERPOWER SIBLING CHINA HAS ALA TRADITIONAL-STATE-COMMUNISM-VS-FREE-MARKETS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-03-09 22:27  

#17  They used to say the best place to be when they fired a SCUD at you was where they were aiming it.
Posted by: tu3031   2015-03-09 19:25  

#16  Maybe 2 std deviations of probably of 2500 km radius indicates a servo problem
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-03-09 19:04  

#15  2500kn is the CEP - they're admitting they have no idea where its going once they light it off. Kinda like a big bottle rocket.
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-03-09 17:25  

#14  1600 KM Teheran to Tel Aviv straight line. Missles np doubt closer to Persian gulf. Maybe Bibi has something in mind, a more pointed way to say, "F U Barack"
Posted by: BigEdLB   2015-03-09 15:33  

#13  Surface to Surface Missile With 2500 KM Range; is Direct Threat to US Vessels in Persian Gulf

I'm missing something
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-09 14:22  

#12  Think the Roddenberry estate has a case.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-03-09 11:23  

#11  It's got enough distance to make multiple passes when it misses. Making those 180's takes a lot of space, even if you are invisible to radar.
Posted by: Bobby   2015-03-09 09:53  

#10  "Our commitment to Diversity will be our shield."

(/sarc But not by much.)
Posted by: Pappy   2015-03-09 08:50  

#9  APaul, those are not mutually exclusive conditions.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-03-09 08:08  

#8  2500km? And they're focused on its use in the Persian Gulf?

Someone needs to recheck their measurements.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2015-03-09 07:06  

#7  ...Vaporware. Fear not.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2015-03-09 05:16  

#6  See also TOPIX, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN TEST-FIRES STRATEGIC SLCM.

More pertinent to me ala NORTH-KOREA[China?]-VS-USS-GEORGE-WASHINGTON/NIMITZ-CLASS-CVN in the East China Sea.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-03-09 02:39  

#5  
Posted by: 3dc   2015-03-09 01:32  

#4  Well they have launched a sat.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36702.0
Posted by: 3dc   2015-03-09 01:30  

#3  O and Lurch are totally delusional or working hard for the Mad Mulahs.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-03-09 01:11  

#2  We need some adults to take over from those in the administration stuck on stupid
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2015-03-09 01:07  

#1  Will Lurch just push this bit of news under the table and carry on with his quest for a very bad deal with the mullahs?
Posted by: Mystic   2015-03-09 00:56  

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