Iran tests precision missile able to reach Europe

[Chris_]

Does anyone know what's going on over in Israel today?

Iran tests precision missile able to reach Europe
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI – 21 hours ago

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said it successfully test-fired a new generation of long range surface-to-surface missile on Wednesday — one that could easily strike as far away as southeastern Europe with greater precision than earlier models.

The Sajjil is a solid fuel high-speed missile with a range of about 1,200 miles, Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammed Najjar said on state television. At that range, it could easily strike Iran's arch-foe Israel and go as far as southeastern Europe.

Solid-fuel missiles are more accurate than the liquid fuel missiles of similar range currently possessed by Iran. The country has had a solid-fuel missile with a shorter range — the Fateh, able to fly 120 miles — for several years.

The Islamic Republic News Agency said the test was conducted Wednesday, and television showed the missile being fired from a desert launching pad.

Najjar said the missile was a defensive weapon and not a response to threats against Iran. He didn't name any country, but Israel has recently threatened to take military action against Iran to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.

Najjar said the missile was part of a "defensive, deterrent strategy ... specifically with defensive objectives."

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[Thor]

Israel and Europe ought to be wary of Iran's intentions. Obama will probably be pretty lame when it comes to defending any nation, including our own.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Israel and Europe ought to be wary of Iran's intentions. Obama will probably be pretty lame when it comes to defending any nation, including our own.

You know, if it takes Europe losing a city to these maniacs, maybe that's just what it's going to have to take.  I just hope the guidance system on it works as well as the rest of theirs have so far, and it falls in Russia with a high-order det.

[Wretched Excess]

all this will do is make europe clamor for our missile defense shield.  thank you, iran.  now President BarackStar! won't be able to resist the international pressure from countries that merely want to defend themselves.

[NHSparky]

Betcha a Trident D-5 is a lot more precise, Hadji.

[Chris_]

Iran Produces Enough Uranium to Build Nuclear Weapon
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Fox News.com

     Iran has now produced roughly enough uranium to make a single nuclear bomb, according to atomic experts analyzing the latest report from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

To date, Iran had enriched about 1,400 pounds of low-enriched uranium suitable for nuclear fuel, according to two confidential reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency that were obtained by The Associated Press.

Several experts told The Times the milestone was enough for a bomb, but Iran would have to further purify the uranium fuel and put it into a warhead design — a technical advance that experts in the West are unsure Iran has been able to achieve.

"They clearly have enough material for a bomb," Richard L. Garwin, a top nuclear physicist who helped invent the hydrogen bomb and has advised Washington for decades, told the newspaper. "They know how to do the enrichment. Whether they know how to design a bomb, well, that’s another matter."

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Now what, Dear Leader?

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Now what, Dear Leader?

Joe Biden--who sits on the senate foreign relations committee and as such has already seen these reports--tells us barry will make some unpopular decisions that will make his poll numbers plummet and he needs/wants/expects the faithful to stay faithful. Obviously he intends to act out of his sense of principle rather than merely running with what people expect of a president.

Feel better?

[Chris_]

You know, if it takes Europe losing a city to these maniacs, maybe that's just what it's going to have to take.  I just hope the guidance system on it works as well as the rest of theirs have so far, and it falls in Russia with a high-order det.

Don't worry about accuracy.....the Chinese will sell them the system that slick willy gave them back in '97.........

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[Chris_]

Feel better?

Not really.

I'm pretty sure this is how the Isrealis are looking at this:

IRBM test -- takes the safety off     √ 

Sufficient U²³⁵ to build a nuclear warhead(s) -- Inserts a loaded magazine      √ 

Machine U²³⁵ into warhead components -- Chambers a live round   ____

Mate warhead(s) to IRBM platform(s) -- Cocks hammer   ____


I foresee the Israelis not waiting for the warheads to be mated before they do what they have to, to remove the gun from their head.  Which means - depending upon how much "technical assistance" the Russians and ChiComs are giving the Islamofascists - we could see warheads completed and moved into position for mating anywhere from 3 months from now to 1 year/18 months (DAT's prediction looking like a realistic probability).

After that, Chaos descends upon the majority of the world, and a 2012 projection for the arrival of the Second Coming starts looking do-able.

And I haven't got a thing to wear... 

[Baruch Menachem]

Do you even need to machine 235?

[Uhhuh35]

Um, didn't the Eyeranians fake a missle test a while back? Why are we to believe this?

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Um, didn't the Eyeranians fake a missle test a while back? Why are we to believe this?

If it's all the same, sir; I'd just as soon not wait until they do get something that is believeable.

[Airwolf]

I say we take off now and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[Chris_]

Do you even need to machine 235?

Usually warhead parts are cast into billets of the approximate shape, and then machined to final form.

[Chris_]

Um, didn't the Eyeranians fake a missle test a while back? Why are we to believe this?

We believe this, because it's not the Eyeranians that are reporting it.  It's the limp dick Islamofascist appeasers at the UN.  If the Eyeranians have THEM  - the IAEA - worried, you know that we're in for the Mother of all BOHICA moments if the Eyeranians remain unchecked.

[Wineslob]

I say we take off now and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

One of my favorite movies.

The Islamic bomb is on the way, like it or not. Funny, they seem emboldened......I wonder why?? 

[Rebel]

...and with apologies to Bijou, **** Europe. They were polled and it showed that what they wanted was a weaker United States. They have bashed the hell out of us for years. They've called us neanderthals, warmongers, cowboys, etc. Once one of their cities starts glowing, NOT MY PROBLEM. Hell, you guys can just "talk" to'em, but oh no, don't dare go to war with Iran. Why, that would be too "American".