Thursday, January 17, 2008

Israel Tests Missile Thursday - Iran not very happy over news

Israel Tests Missile Thursday
Iran not very happy over news
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Reuters.com brings us this report today and it starts off like this... Israel tested a missile on Thursday, prompting speculation about its ability to launch nuclear strikes on Iran following Israeli warnings and accusations about Tehran's atomic ambitions... Prime Minister Ehud Olmert repeated on Monday that he would consider "all options" to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons, a message he and his team had rammed home to George W. Bush when the U.S. president visited Jerusalem a week ago...
Read this report in full at link below...
Israel tests missile after warnings to Iran

Aljazeera.net reports it this way in part... Israel Radio said the missile tested was capable of carrying an "unconventional payload", suggesting it may be able to carry a nuclear warhead...
Read the rest at link below...
UPDATE: Friday, January 18, 2008

"Everybody can do the math and understand that the significance is that we can reach with a rocket engine to every point in the world"
By Weapons Expert Isaac Ben-Israel, a Retired Army General and Tel Aviv University Professor

* Telegraph.co.uk...
Israel has carried out the successful test launch of a long-range, ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, in what was intended as a clear show of strength to Iran...
Israel test launches nuclear-capable missile

* HAARETZ.com...
First, the facts: A successful test of a new dual-stage missile was carried out at the Palmachim air base at 8:45 A.M. Thursday. Every part of the system, including the launcher and the missile itself, functioned properly, and can thus be considered operational. This success can be credited to Israel Aerospace Industries; to the other firms involved in the project; and to the Israel Air Force...
Missile test / Launched from Palmachim, heard in Tehran
Also...
Missile test 'will improve deterrence'

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