Video: #Iran successfully test-fires new ballistic missile— Press TV (@PressTV) September 23, 2017
Details: https://t.co/eKHi0jXnED pic.twitter.com/30XkB8ddbP
FOX News: Iran's supposed missile launch was fake, US officials say
EXCLUSIVE: Iranian state television released video footage Friday claiming to show the launch of a new type of medium-range ballistic missile, a few hours after it was displayed during a military parade in Tehran.
But it turns out Iran never fired a ballistic missile, sources say.
The video released by the Iranians was more than seven months old – dating back to a failed launch in late January, which resulted in the missile exploding shortly after liftoff, according to two U.S. officials.
President Trump had originally responded to the reported launch in a late-Saturday tweet, saying, “Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel. They are also working with North Korea. Not much of an agreement we have!”
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WNU Editor: I was suspicious yesterday when I read that the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Brigadier (General Amir Ali Hajizadeh) was boasting that Iran's newest missile could hit multiple targets .... Iran’s New Ballistic Missile Can Hit Multiple Targets: Commander (Tasnim News Agency). A MIRV missile is used in carrying a nuclear payload, not a conventional one, and I doubt that the Iranians have the expertise to pull off such a test. The video that the Iranians released that U.S. officials are saying is fake can be seen in the above tweet.
More News On U.S. Intelligence Claims That The Latest Iranian Missile Launch is Fake
Donald Trump duped by seven-month-old video of Iran missile launch, US officials say -- The Independent
Iran's ballistic missile launch was fake: report -- The Hill
Iran claimed it successfully launched a missile, US intelligence says it didn't -- Business Insider
US officials say Iran's test of medium-range ballistic missile was fake: Report -- Washington Examiner
3 comments:
WNU Editor, I've said it here before: Iran's defenses are a Potemkin village, and that's probably the biggest reason why they don't want the USA, or anyone else, inspecting their military facilities as part of the nuke deal. They're hiding something, alright... They're hiding military weakness. It's a red line for them that they can't do anything that reveals this weakness, for fear of inviting an American or Israeli attack.
In the past five or so years, Iran has:
Faked an indigenous 'stealth fighter jet' that aviation experts said was clearly a crude mockup designed by people who didn't know the first thing about aerodynamics. The cheap acrylic canopy was so distorted, a pliot couldn't even see out of it properly.
Faked an 'Iranian-built S300 clone', allegedly designed and built in secrecy after Russia refused to transfer the S300s Iran had contracted for. It was patently just some standard oil barrels welded together on the back of a flatbed truck.
Faked numerous 'new, Iranian designed and built' planes, helicopters and tank designs that are simply slightly-modified vehicles from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
Photoshopped publicity photos of ballistic missiles, to cover up launch failures. Unfortunately for Iran, everyone noticed that they'd crudely copied and pasted the same images repeatedly.
Their 'home-grown' and 'powerful' 'naval destroyers' are venerable ex-Royal Navy corvettes from the 1960s. Their front line fighters are Tigersharks and Tomcats, which are barely airworthy due to lack of spares. They have almost no first-rate, modern weapons platforms – and this is what they're trying to conceal. They're failing to conceal the situation, but they're trying anyway because they're desparate.
Anon,
Yes. And if they can get a deliverable nuke then they think they can cover forever.
Anon you can thank the WNU editor you are under no obligation to read posts you don't like from posters you also don't like.
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