Thursday, February 2, 2012

Israel Warning The U.S. On Iran's Missile Threats


Israel Warns Iranian Missiles Might Threaten U.S. -- New York Times

JERUSALEM — A senior Israeli official said on Thursday that the missile testing site near Tehran that was destroyed in a huge explosion three months ago was developing missiles with a range of some 6,000 miles aimed at the United States.

The official, Moshe Yaalon, a deputy prime minister and minister for strategic affairs, said the explosion, at a Revolutionary Guard missile base, hit a system “getting ready to produce a missile with a range of 10,000 kilometers.”

“That’s the Great Satan,” he said, invoking the term Iran often uses to refer to the United States. “It was aimed at America, not at us.”

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More News On Iran's Missile Program

Israel says Iran seeking U.S.-range missile -- Reuters
Israeli: Iran creating missile to hit U.S.; East Coast in reach -- L.A. Times
Ya'alon: Iran was working on US-range missile -- Jerusalem Post
Iranian Missile “Aimed at America,” Says Israeli Deputy PM -- Commentary

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