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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 12:54 PM Apr 2013

Report: Iran Successfully Tests Three New Missiles

The Iranian Army announced on Saturday the successful testing of three new missiles, the Iranian Fars News Agency reported.

The army revealed no details about the weapons, but did say that they were different from the Naze'at 10 and Fajr missiles that Iran has in its arsenal. The report stated that the Fajr-5 has a range of 75 km. which is a longer range than the medium range Naze'at 10.

The three types of missile were developed by the Army and Defense Industries and were test fired in the ground forces recent war-games, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Force Gen. Kioumars Heydari told Fars on Saturday.

The army's missile and rocket units test fired the missiles on the first day of the ground drills being held in Kashan in Isfahan Province "to display their latest achievements and defensive tactics," Fars reported.


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Report: Iran Successfully Tests Three New Missiles (Original Post) Purveyor Apr 2013 OP
Going to war with Iran ... earthside Apr 2013 #1

earthside

(6,960 posts)
1. Going to war with Iran ...
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 12:57 PM
Apr 2013

... will be one of the biggest mistakes the U.S. will have ever made.

If we can find a way to live (interesting choice of a word, uh?) with Pakistan and North Korea with nukes, we can find a way to get along with Iran having nukes (which is still an unproven charge at this point).

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