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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 09:27 AM
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State TV: Iran test fires three new missiles in the Persian Gulf
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has successfully test-fired three new models of missiles in the Persian Gulf, state TV reported Friday.

Television showed footage of the elite Revolutionary Guards firing the missiles from mobile launching pads on the shore, and from warships. The three new types of missiles, named Noor, Kowsar, and Nasr, have a range of about 170 kilometres and were built for naval warfare, TV reported. The weapons are "suitable for covering all the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf and the sea of Oman" said Admiral Sardar Fadavi, the deputy navy chief of the Revolutionary Guard.

Some 20 per cent of the world's oil supply passes every day through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

The Revolutionary Guards began the manoeuvres, named "Great Prophet", on Thursday by firing dozens of long-range missiles in a desert area of central Iran.

Canada.com
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 09:28 AM
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1. Did they learn to make them from the information the Bushies posted on those there Internets?
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 09:29 AM
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2. sounds like they are just practicing...
in case the idiot in chief trys to pull something during our 'war games'.
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