Monday, July 16, 2012

Iran and ICBM's

From Homeland Security News Wire:


Iran could test-fly ICBMs capable of striking U.S. within three years: Pentagon

13 July 2012

A Pentagon report submitted to Congress on 29 June says Iran continues to make large strides in virtually all conventional, unconventional, and nuclear categories; the report focused most extensively on Iran’s inventory of ballistic missiles, and warned that Iran may be able to test-fly an inter-continental ballistic missile (
ICBM), capable of striking American soil, within three years’ time; Iran also continues to supply men, money, training, and even sophisticated weapons systems to some of the world’s best-known terror groups.

An unclassified report offers details about the impressive growth of Iran’s military capabilities. The report was first obtained by Bloomberg. It was prepared in April and sent by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to four congressional committees on 29 June. It describes the large strides in virtually all conventional, unconventional, and nuclear categories.

“Iran’s principles of military strategy remain deterrence, asymmetrical retaliation, and attrition warfare,” the report said. Fox News reports that the report focused most extensively on the regime’s inventory of ballistic missiles, already the largest in the Middle East, and warned that, with foreign assistance, Iran may be able to test-fly an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), capable of striking American soil, within three years’ time...(emphasis mine)


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