Thursday, November 28, 2013

Iran Boasts Of Advancements In Their Missile Program

IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Salami. FARS News Agency

Iran Announces Development of Ballistic Missile Technology -- Washington Free Beacon

IRGC leader: ‘We own this technology as well’

A top Iranian military leader announced late Tuesday that Iran has developed “indigenous” ballistic missile technology, which could eventually allow it to fire a nuclear payload over great distances.

Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the lieutenant commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), made the critical weapons announcement just days after Iran and the West signed a deal aimed at curbing the country’s nuclear activities.

Salami claimed that “Iran is among the only three world countries enjoying an indigenous ballistic missile technology,” according to the state-run Fars News Agency.

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Update: IRGC Commander: Iran Among Rare World States with Ballistic Missile Technology -- FARS News Service (Iran)

My Comment: Talk about coincidences .... announcing this missile breakthrough only a few days after a "nuclear deal"?

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