Experts divided over Iranian missile capabilities

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Source: McClatchy Newspapers

Experts divided over Iranian missile capabilities
Hannah Allam | McClatchy Newspapers

last updated: November 30, 2007 06:30:11 PM

CAIRO, Egypt — Yes, Iran has medium-range ballistic missiles that could reach American air and naval bases in the Persian Gulf and possibly hit Israel or southern Europe.

No, there's no proof Iran is developing — or has — nuclear warheads for its missiles.

The Iranians may have some longer-range missiles. Or maybe their arsenal contains little more than faulty North Korean, Russian and Chinese knockoffs, some of which are descendants of Germany's World War II V-2.

The yes, no and maybes are about all international defense analysts can offer when it comes to separating proven capabilities from propaganda in the debate over Iran's ballistic missiles — weapons with ranges from a few miles to thousands that travel into outer space before falling back to earth to strike a target.

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[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. personally I am concerned the Iranians might have

those little Airhogs Storm Launcher planes they advertise on TV, it seems like a prime WMD delivery platform to me.

[whistle]

4. To deliver what to where precisely?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeYODyOi3BE

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

5. don't you listen to Dick Cheney>

just a crack vial sized amount of uhh... RXV45D748UFG88 nerve gas wmd poison can kill thousands and that thing can fly under the radar!

Terra, Terra, Terra!

Didn't you learn anything from 9/11?

[whistle]

6. Well these Air Hogs are now in the hands of thousands of potential terrorists

...America's youth!

[balantz]

2. Self deleted

[whistle]

3. Iran is Iraq WMDs Redux

[HuffleClaw]

7. bwahahhahahaa

they just can't resist repeating the exact same lies can they?