Iran testet neue Rakete / Israel verliert Aufklärungssatellit
Geschrieben von Johannes am 28. September 2004 23:14:16:
Als Antwort auf: NACHRICHTEN (Dienstag, 28.09.) (owT) geschrieben von JeFra am 28. September 2004 00:44:18:
> Iran Says It Tested 'Strategic Missile'By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
> The Associated Press
> Updated: 3:44 a.m. ET Sept. 26, 2004TEHRAN, Iran - Iran added a "strategic
> missile" to its military arsenal after a successful test, and the defense
> minister said Saturday his country was ready to confront any external threat.
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> The report by state-run radio did not say whether the test involved the
> previously announced new version of the Shahab-3 rocket, capable of reaching
> Israel and U.S. forces stationed in the Middle East, or a different missile.
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> "This strategic missile was successfully test-fired during military exercises
> by the Revolutionary Guards and delivered to the armed forces," Defense Mini-
> ster Ali Shamkhani was quoted as saying.
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> The exercises were held Sept. 12-18.
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> The United States _ which once labeled Iran part of an "axis of evil" with
> North Korea and prewar Iraq _ and other nations suspect Iran is developing
> atomic weapons.
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> Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Iran was a worldwide threat
> whose missiles can reach London, Paris and southern Russia.
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> Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards staged military maneuvers earlier this
> month near the Iraqi border, with top military officials saying the exercise
> was designed to reinforce Iran's resolve to defend itself against "big
> powers."
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> Earlier this month, Israel launched a spy satellite meant to monitor Iran
> but the Ofek-6 plunged into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launch.