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"TonyZ2001" |
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21 Dec 2004 07:03:48 AM |
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Official: Iran missiles pose threat to U.S. interests in Iraq |
Official: Iran missiles pose threat to U.S. interests in Iraq
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, December 20, 2004
A senior U.S. official said Iran and Syria have developed ballistic missiles
that can destroy U.S. targets in Iraq as well as in nations aligned with
Washington.
"Iran and Syria can currently reach the territory of U.S. friends and allies
with their ballistic missiles," Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control
Stephen Rademaker said.
"Ballistic missiles from Iran can already reach some parts of Europe, and, of
course, Iranian and Syrian ballistic missiles threaten our coalition forces
deployed in the Middle East," he said.
The United States has also been examining the deployment of ground-based
interceptor launchers and forward-based radars in states adjacent to the Middle
East, according to a report by Middle East Newsline.
Rademaker told a missile defense conference by the Washington-based American
Foreign Policy Council that both countries have received significant assistance
from North Korea, which has sought to sell complete missile systems to the
Middle East.
Iran is developing space launch vehicles as a building block for an
intercontinental ballistic missile which could be completed within a few years,
he said on Dec. 17.
"These systems could be ready for flight-testing in the middle to latter-part
of the decade," Rademaker said.
Rademaker said North Korea was achieving self-sufficiency in developing and
producing ballistic missiles and sought to sell such missiles to the Middle
East. He said the missile threat to U.S. interests in the Middle East could
grow significantly if Pyongyang sells what he termed longer-range ballistic
missiles.
"If North Korea chooses to sell its longer-range ballistic missiles to
customers in the Middle East – as it has done with its shorter-range systems
– the risk to our friends and allies could grow exponentially," Rademaker
said.
"And it is important to recognize that the limited accuracy and targeting
capabilities of emerging ballistic missile threats suggests that hostile states
possessing such missiles likely would target the population and territory of
our friends and allies rather than their military forces and facilities."
North Korea has sold No Dong missiles to Iran and has developed the Taepo
Dong-1 and -2 intermediate-range missiles. Officials said the Taepo Dong-2
could deliver a several hundred kilogram payload up to 15,000 kilometers.
Rademaker said the United States was engaged in missile cooperation with 18
countries, including those in the Middle East.
U.S. cooperation with Israel include the Arrow System Improvement Program,
which seeks to provide the Arrow-2 with greater capability against Iranian
intermediate-range missiles. Rademaker cited U.S. help for Israel to procure a
third Arrow-2 missile defense battery, coproduction of the interceptor and
flight tests in the United States.
"As part of the cooperative joint testing project, this past summer Israel
conducted two flight tests of the Arrow from Point Magu, California," Rademaker
said. "Unlike the Israeli test range, with its range safety restrictions, Point
Magu permits testing against a real world Scud."
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| User: "Charly the Bastard" |
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| Title: Re: Official: Iran missiles pose threat to U.S. interests in Iraq |
23 Dec 2004 04:55:43 AM |
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TonyZ2001 wrote:
Official: Iran missiles pose threat to U.S. interests in Iraq
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, December 20, 2004
A senior U.S. official said Iran and Syria have developed ballistic missiles
that can destroy U.S. targets in Iraq as well as in nations aligned with
Washington.
"Iran and Syria can currently reach the territory of U.S. friends and allies
with their ballistic missiles," Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control
Stephen Rademaker said.
"Ballistic missiles from Iran can already reach some parts of Europe, and, of
course, Iranian and Syrian ballistic missiles threaten our coalition forces
deployed in the Middle East," he said.
Duh! So can a fanatic with a fistful of simtex. Target their stuff and glass it
over. Do it today. Once Islam has a few Hiroshimas to look at up close, they'll
re-think their philosophy of Hate.
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