Posted by Matt in December 16th, 2009 |
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Iran said today that it had successfully tested an upgraded, long-range missile capable of hitting Israel and US targets in the Gulf, further stoking tensions in the Middle East and prompting a call from Gordon Brown for stricter sanctions.
In a terse, one-sentence announcement, Iranian state television said the Sejil-2 missile, a solid-fuel rocket with a [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 27th, 2009 |
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Even then, the big question was, who did they get the solid fuel manufacturing technology from? There are many potential vendors (North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, China, or even stolen from the West). The Ashura test failure last year involved some problem with the second stage, not with the solid fuel rocket motors. Iran has been [...]
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