Iran fires missiles in war games - TV

[ECH1969]

Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired missiles with the capability of carrying cluster warheads at the start of 10-days of military manoeuvres on Thursday, state television reported. Yahya Rahim Safavi, commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards, had said the Guards would fire "dozens" of missiles including Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 types with cluster warheads.

Experts say Iran's Shahab-3 missiles have a maximum range of some 2,000 km (1,240 miles), making them capable of hitting Israel as well as U.S. military bases in the Gulf. They say the Shahab-2 missile has a range of up to 700 km (435 miles).

U.S. officials accuse Iran of planning to equip its missiles with nuclear warheads. Iran denies the charge, saying its nuclear programme is aimed at making electricity not bombs.

Safavi had said ground, air and naval forces, including submarines, would take part in the exercises called "The Greatest Prophet", mainly in the Gulf and Sea of Oman.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-11-02T061421Z_01_BLA222222_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAN-MANOEUVRES.xml

[Brundle_Fly]

1. Hey...

this was supposed to start yesterday!

god even the new wars are off timetable.

[DRoseDARs]

2. U.S. officials accuse Iran of planning to equip its missiles with nuclear warheads.

So Iran has a timemachine too?! They've traveled at least 10 years into the future, ten years at the earliest that they could even HAVE nukes?

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