Iran says (it's) launched missile with 2,000 km range

[Turborama]

Source: Reuters

Iran launched a missile with a range of around 2,000 km (1,200 miles) on Wednesday and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Islamic state could send any attacker "to hell," official media reported.

The stated range of the surface-to-surface Sejil 2 missile would be almost as far as another Iranian missile, Shahab 3, and military analysts say it could enable Iran to reach Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf.

The announcement is likely to arouse further concern in the West and Israel about Iran's military ambitions. The United States and its allies suspect the Islamic Republic is seeking to build nuclear bombs. Tehran denies the charge.

"The Sejil 2 missile, which has an advanced technology, was launched today ... and it landed exactly on the target," the official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/20/AR2009052000523.html?hpid=topnews

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I've tried to find out if this has been independently verified, but haven't found anything to back his statement up so far...

[tomm2thumbs]

1. probably borrowed one from North Korea

I guess they are working on their own little 'mutually assured destruction' pact like we had with the Soviets years ago. You do it, we'll do it back - therefore, maybe neither of us will do it.

Then again, maybe they both do it - crazy folks live in that area

[Soylent Brice]

2. i found a picture of it

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

3. I have seen the crawl @ MSNBC and they have it too

I suppose a nation under threat has a right to defend themselves.

So says the United States.

[Winterblues]

4. And it landed directly on Target

Israel better pay real close attention to this.. If they were to dare to attack Iran it would not turn out as their attack on Iraq did thirty years ago..