Iran conducts missile test
ISN SECURITY WATCH (Wednesday, 24 May 2006: 11.04 CET) – Iran has carried out a long-range missile test, according to an Israeli security source.
The unnamed source told Reuters that Iran conducted a test firing of a long-range land-to-land missile - probably the Shahab-3 - on Tuesday.
The test came as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was in Washington for a summit with US President George W. Bush.
The Israeli source said that the exact range of the test firing was unknown, but that it did not appear to represent a clear technological advancement on previous trials.
Military expert believe that the Shahab-3 has a range of 2,000km, putting US Middle Eastern bases and Israel within reach of the missile.
The test followed unprecedented revelations regarding the nature and scope of the Israeli nuclear weapons program, printed in a major Hebrew daily last Friday in what appeared to be a thinly-veiled warning to Iran.
Israeli security sources told Reuters on Tuesday that Israel is accelerating the development of a long-range cruise missile.
The unnamed source told Reuters that Iran conducted a test firing of a long-range land-to-land missile - probably the Shahab-3 - on Tuesday.
The test came as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was in Washington for a summit with US President George W. Bush.
The Israeli source said that the exact range of the test firing was unknown, but that it did not appear to represent a clear technological advancement on previous trials.
Military expert believe that the Shahab-3 has a range of 2,000km, putting US Middle Eastern bases and Israel within reach of the missile.
The test followed unprecedented revelations regarding the nature and scope of the Israeli nuclear weapons program, printed in a major Hebrew daily last Friday in what appeared to be a thinly-veiled warning to Iran.
Israeli security sources told Reuters on Tuesday that Israel is accelerating the development of a long-range cruise missile.
posted by Marko at 5/24/2006 07:35:00 AM
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