Iran's sea missile a fake?
Earlier this week, I ran a video with a test launch of an Iranian sea missile. The write-up that went with it (which I thought was funny although it did not draw that many hits) should have been enough to hint to all of you that it's a fake. Now DEBKA is coming out and saying it: There is no Iranian sea missile with a 300 kilometer range that's going to shut down the Straits of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.Jafari boasted to reporters Mon. Aug. 4: “Today the IRGC has the capability to target the enemies’ targets with a wide range of missiles and in a few minutes in case of any attack.”Heh.
Responding to a question, Jafari said: “The Strait of Hormuz is an important and strategic strait. … Considering its proximity to our shores, it is completely within the range of our weapons and shutting the strait for an unlimited time is easily possible. There are no limits for us in this regard.”
Wednesday, an American spokesman commented that closure of the Strait, through which 40 percent of the world’s oil passes, would hurt Iran most of all because its own oil exports and refined fuel products imports would be blocked.
Western intelligence sources were skeptical about the IRGC commander’s boast of a sophisticated sea missile as “propaganda fantasy” and unfounded. If Iran has such a weapon, they said, why don’t they exhibit it?
Jafari said the missiles were test fired as scheduled but admitted “unprofessional photography made the tests seem bogus.”
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:16 PM
2 Comments:
When I sent you the LiveLeak link to the missile video, I assumed you knew it was fake. I even titled my email "How do you say "toy boat" ten times fast in Farsi?". Those boats you see being "hit" toward the end of the video are small models.
Shy Guy,
Go back and read where I posted it. I said then it was a fake. (I think I even posted it to LGF as humor).
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