Iran Reveals Its War And Defense Strategy

From Yahoo News:

Iran Test-Fires More Missiles In Persian Gulf

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran test-fired more long-range missiles overnight in a second round of exercises meant to show that the country can defend itself against any attack by the U.S. or Israel, state television reported Thursday.

The weapons have "special capabilities" and included missiles launched from naval ships in the Persian Gulf, along with torpedoes and surface-to-surface missiles, the broadcast said. It did not elaborate.

A brief video clip showed two missiles being fired simultaneously in the darkness trailed by red plumes of fire and smoke.

The report came hours after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran that Washington will not back down in the face of threats against Israel.

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More News On Iran Missile Tests

US warns Iran on missile threat -- BBC News
Iran Launches More Test Missiles, Draws Rebuke From Rice -- Washington Post
Iran test-fires more missiles in war games -- The Telegraph
Iran defies US criticism with further missile launches -- Times Online
Report: Iran test-fires more missiles -- MSNBC
Iran Test-Fires More Missiles in Persian Gulf -- ABC News
Tel Aviv, U.S. Vessels 'First Targets' as Iran Tests Missiles -- New York Sun
Review And Outlook: Iran's Missile Threat -- Wall Street Journal
White House downplays Iran conflict risk -- AFP
Rice: U.S. will protect interests, allies -- UPI
Rice Warns Iran That U.S. Will Defend Allies -- New York Times
Rice: U.S. Will Defend Israel From Iran -- CBS News
Iran tests more missiles as U.S. vows to defend allies -- Reuters
Israel hints at readiness to strike Iran -- Breitbart
U.S. source disputes Iran missile tests -- CNN
Is Tehran Bluffing? -- Pajamas Media
Iran Flexes Its Missiles; Russia Objects to US Shield -- Pajamas Media
More Theater Over Iran's Nukes -- Time Magazine
Will Iran's missile test force the region to war? -- Newsweek
French energy giant opts out of Iran -- Jerusalem Post
OPEC chief warns of 'unlimited' oil prices if Iran is attacked -- International Herald Tribune

My Comment: Talk about bad timing .... on the day that Russia protests and threatens the Czech-U.S. Anti-Missile Agreement, the Iranians decide to test their medium-term missiles.

The Iranian leadership is under tremendous stress from within. The story of Total, France's large energy giant opting out of Iran because of the instability within the country speaks volumes. Even being promised numerous and generous concessions .... the French still walked away. The French walking away from easy money .... not. They have analyzed the situation very closely, and do not like what they see on the ground.

Iran's war posturing is not to threaten us, but to threaten their own citizens. To divert them away from the problems that they must face everyday. High inflation. High unemployment. Fuel rationing. Food rationing. There is no solution to this crisis for now .... so like all dictatorships they threaten and hope that their threats will silence their internal critics.

Only time will tell us if they will succeed.