Iran:
On Ground Updates
Iran
successfully test-fires upgraded Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Saturday capable
of striking both land and naval targets with pin-point accuracy
Saturday, August 04, 2012
Iranian
Fateh 110 Missile file photo
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* FOXNews.com brings us this troubling AP report that goes
in part like this… Iran
claimed Saturday it has successfully test-fired an upgraded version of a
short-range ballistic missile with improved accuracy, increasing the Islamic
Republic's capability to strike both land and naval targets…
Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said the solid-fueled Fateh-110 has a range
of 185 miles. He claimed the weapon could strike with pin-point precision,
making it the most accurate weapon of its kind in Iran's arsenal…
Read the
full report at link below…
* FirstPost.com has this take on the news out of Iran today…
Their report goes in part like this. …“With the fourth generation of the Fateh 110, the armed
forces of our country are able to target and destroy land and sea targets,
enemy headquarters … missile seats, ammunition sites, radars and other points,”
Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in quotes carried by the official IRNA news
agency… The missile has a range of
around 300 km (180 miles), meaning it could strike Iran’s immediate neighbors
and might also be able to hit Hormuz shipping, as well as energy facilities in
Saudi Arabia and the U.S. fifth fleet in Bahrain…
Read the
rest at link below…
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AubreyJ………
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