Iran: On Ground Updates - August 04, 2012

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…

Iran says test of upgraded version of short-range missile is successful
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* 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…

Irantests short-range missile with new guidance system

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AubreyJ………

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North Korea well along in preparations to launch its Unha-3 long-range missile into space

North Korea technicians watch live images of the rocket Unah-3 at the satellite control room of the space center on the outskirts of Pyongyang on April 11, 2012.

Read more at Press TV

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North Korea is well along in its preparations to launch its Unha-3 long-range missile into space and it could happen as early as this evening, stateside.

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North Korea says it is only launching a weather satellite… though most believe the launch is actually a disguised Ballistic Missile test… in which the North Koreans will be testing their capabilities to launch future missiles that will be able to carry nuclear warheads that would be able to hit the United States.

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If that wasn’t enough… South Korean security sources are now saying that after reviewing new satellite imagery… it is now looking like North Korea is also preparing for another nuclear test sometime shortly after the rocket launch.

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POST UPDATE:

Thursday evening April 12^th

6:20pm CDT

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South Korean Media Is Reporting That North Korea Has Launched Rocket. But… Fox news reports launch may have actually failed... making it off the launch pad OK but having problems later-on in the flight.

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** UPDATE **

7:00pm CDT

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It’s NOW Official:

North Korea’s Rocket Launch Failed!

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Yes… I can now report that North Korea’s Rocket Launch was a FAILURE and NEVER MADE IT out of the Earth’s atmosphere or into space.

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For the record… it was launched from its Sohae Satellite Launching Station at about 7:39am Friday morning, North Korea’s time… said South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min Seok during a televised press briefing in Seoul.

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Fox news is now reporting that according to their sources, the rocket broke up somewhere between 90 seconds and two minutes into flight. That would mean that it never made it past the first stage of the three stage rocket which would be a MAJOR failure on their part.

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Update:

Late Friday morning…

11:30am CDT

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There’s really nothing more to report about all of this, so I won’t. But for now… we all sit and wait to see if the North Korean’s go ahead and actually test another nuclear device sometime in the next few weeks.

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Being they are already on a roll… They might as well go ahead and Double Down on Stupid!

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AubreyJ………

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