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    I get so tired of the "We'll act right. We're not doing anything. Oh yes we are, screw you".
    I think they're a lot like women on their menstrual cycle.

    Nov 27, 7:41 AM EST


    Iran Says It's Produced New Missile Capable of Reaching Israel and U.S. Bases


    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran said Tuesday it has manufactured a new missile with a range of 1,200 miles capable of reaching Israel and U.S. bases in the Mideast, the official news agency IRNA reported.

    Iran's Defense Minister Gen. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said the Ashoura missile was produced by factories affiliated with the ministry, according to IRNA. He did not say whether Iran has test fired the missile or has plans to do so.

    Many of Iran's weapons development claims have not been independently verified.

    Iran launched an arms development program during its war with Iraq to compensate for a U.S. weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has reportedly produced its own jets, torpedoes, radar-avoiding missiles, tanks and armored personnel carriers.

    Recent weapons development has been motivated by Iran's standoff with the U.S. over its controversial nuclear program, which Washington claims is a cover for weapons development - a charge Tehran denies.

    Iran is known to possess a medium-range ballistic missile known as the Shahab-3, with a range of at least 800 miles. In 2005, Iranian officials said they had improved the range of the Shahab-3 to 1,200 miles, equal to the new missile announced Tuesday.

    Najjar did not elaborate about the differences between the Ashoura missile and the Shahab-3 missile.

    In September during a military parade, Iran introduced the Ghadr missile, which has a range of 1,119 miles.

    Experts also believe Iran is developing the Shahab-4 missile, thought to have a range between 1,200 and 1,900 miles, that would enable it to hit much of Europe.
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  • #2
    Well, US has missiles, that can glass the entire nation. Only fair.
    I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
      Well, US has missiles, that can glass the entire nation. Only fair.
      "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003

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      • #4
        They have had missiles that could hit US bases for over a decade.

        To bad those anti-ballistic missile defenses going up in Poland/CR are busy attacking Russia. Wait...
        "The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.

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        • #5
          Ashoura is a pretty kewl name, my props

          If we made it we give it some cheesy name like "Peace Missle" or "Missle Mania!"...
          Monkey!!!

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          • #6
            Nope you'd call it the Freedom missle.
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            The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
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            • #7
              Does any one here speak or know Farsi? I cannot find "Ashoura" in any of the online dictionaries or translators. What does it mean? Is it just a made up word?
              "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003

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              • #8
                Looks like a version of this word: http://i-cias.com/e.o/ashura.htm
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                • #9
                  Wow, if they have missiles like this then I so trust them to make nukes! God bless!

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