Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveils short-range Iranian missile

[alp227]

Source: AP

The Iranian president has unveiled an upgraded version of a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile just weeks after it was test-fired, the country's state media reported.

At the ceremony for Fateh-110, or Conqueror, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a group of defence officials that Iran wanted to advance its defence technology "not in an aggressive context, but as a deterrence".

"We do not seek it for conquest, domination of neighbouring countries and the world. We do not want it because of defiance," said Ahmadinejad, according to state TV.

Iran considers both the US and Israel as potential adversaries. Neither country has ruled out a military strike against Iran's nuclear programme, which they claim is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. Iran says its programme is for peaceful purposes.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-unveils-iranian-missile

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. This missile is not a threat to Israel or the U.S., unless one or the other invades.

The range of the Fateh-110 short range missile is 200 KM.


The distance between Israel and Iran is 1780 kilometers.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. that's good to know

[DJFrey]

2. Iran keeps asking for it...

and when the Israelis give it to them, we in the US will pay for it when the navy is compelled to keep open the Straits of Hormuz. Grab some facts. http://napoleonlive.info/what-i-think/mullahs-want-the-bomb/

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. Do we have a spare Shah we can put there?

that would solve it!