'Peaceful' Iran fires several different types of missiles
They keep telling us about their peaceful intentions, but over the last two days, Iran has test-fired a
radar-evading surface-to-air missile and
two long range missiles. This is from the first link.
Iran test-fired a new medium-range missile, designed to evade radars, on Sunday during the last days of its naval drill in the Gulf, the official IRNA news agency quoted a military official as saying.
The 10-day naval exercise coincided with increased tension in Iran's nuclear row with Western powers. Iranian state television reported Sunday that it successfully produced and tested fuel rods for its nuclear power plants.
"The mid-range surface to air missile which is equipped with the latest sophisticated anti-radar technologies has been successfully test-fired," Deputy Navy Commander Mahmoud Mousavi told IRNA.
And this is from the second link.
"We have test fired a long-range shore-to-sea missile called Qader (capable), which managed to successfully destroy predetermined targets in the Gulf," deputy Navy Commander Mahmoud Mousavi told the official news agency IRNA. Later Monday, Mousavi added that "our Nour surface-to-surface long range missile was also successfully launched."
Mousavi said observers from the country's closest Arab ally, Syria, would attend the last day of its 10-day naval exercise.
You all keep telling yourselves that Iran has no intention of using those missiles.
What could go wrong?
Labels: Iranian military exercises, Iranian missiles
Iran exposes underground missile silos
Iran tested
long-range (2000km) missiles on Monday, and for the first time exposed the fact that it has
underground silos in which some of its missiles are based.
Iran unveiled underground ballistic missile silos for the first time on Monday in a warning to the world of its ability to protect its missiles and secretly store them in hidden locations throughout the country.
State TV broadcast footage of several military officers touring an underground silo that was holding a Shahab 3 ballistic missile. The Shahab 3 has a range of some 2,000 kilometers, putting Israel within its reach but is powered by liquid fuel which means that it needs to be fueled close to launch.
The unveiling of underground missile silos was confirmation of Israeli and American warnings in recent years that Iran was dispersing its missiles in silos, likely scattered throughout the country. In the footage, a missile is shown being launched from inside one of the silos which has large metal doors that open on the surface with the press of a button.
Tal Inbar, head of the Space Research Center at the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, said that the decision to release the video was likely an Iranian attempt to boost its deterrence vis-à-vis Israel and the West.
“The silos look fairly sophisticated and by unveiling them, the Iranians are trying to show the world that their missiles are protected even if the country is attacked,” Inbar said. He added that other countries with missile silos used them strictly for missiles equipped with nuclear warheads and not for conventional ballistic missiles.
The missiles silos could also be used to launch Iran’s long-range solid-fuel missile called Sajjil, which is expected to be test fired by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the 10 days of war games that began on Monday under the name of “Great Prophet 6.”
What could go wrong?
Labels: Iranian military exercises, Iranian missiles, Iranian nuclear threat
Iran preparing to attack Iraq?
Iran has conducted a
major military exercise along its border with Iraq in what may be preparation for an attack on that country.
Iran's army has finished a large military exercise by ground forces near the Iraqi border, the official Iranian state news agency IRNA reported Monday. But unlike previous war games in which Iran boasted of weapons advances, the latest maneuvers were largely held under wraps.
The report by the IRNA news agency was the first public word that the maneuvers had been held, and even IRNA's confirmation came only indirectly. The report was about the death of two military officers in a road accident as they came back from "large" exercises by ground forces.
IRNA gave no further details about the maneuvers.
Iran has been holding regular exercises by the various branches of its military and its elite Revolutionary Guard, considered the strongest fighting force in the country. Usually, Iran's state media give them extensive coverage of military exercises to tout the country's strength in the standoff with the United States and its allies over Iran's disputed nuclear program. In November, air defense exercises were meant to showcase Iran's capabilities in defending its nuclear facilities from possible attack.
Iran announced two months ago that it would hold war games in December in the southwestern provinces of Khuzestan and Ilam, both next to Iraq. But there had been no announcement that the maneuvers had begun.
Hmmm....
Labels: Iranian military exercises, Iraq
They keep telling us about their peaceful intentions, but over the last two days, Iran has test-fired a radar-evading surface-to-air missile and two long range missiles. This is from the first link. 
