Posted on Mar 18, 2015
Iran's Fancy New Long-Range Missile Can Strike Israel
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According to Western intelligence agencies, the missile is not capable of carrying a nuclear device due the small size of the weapon’s payload. The missile allegedly has a range of 2,500 to 3,000 km. In the West, this puts all of Turkey, Greece, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, and large parts of Russia within striking distance. In the east, the new weapon’s range extends to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and parts of Kazakhstan, India and China.
However, IHS Janes’s Defence Weekly is skeptical of the above quoted range of the weapon, which is estimated to have a maximum cruise speed of Mach 0.7. “The assumption that Iran’s Soumar cruise missile has a range of 2,500 km almost certainly overstates the weapon’s performance. Iran would have to use a turbojet engine to power a long-range cruise missile that could be produced without relying on smuggling more efficient turbofans into the country,” their analysis states.
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http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/irans-fancy-new-long-range-missile-can-strike-israel/
However, IHS Janes’s Defence Weekly is skeptical of the above quoted range of the weapon, which is estimated to have a maximum cruise speed of Mach 0.7. “The assumption that Iran’s Soumar cruise missile has a range of 2,500 km almost certainly overstates the weapon’s performance. Iran would have to use a turbojet engine to power a long-range cruise missile that could be produced without relying on smuggling more efficient turbofans into the country,” their analysis states.
Read more:
http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/irans-fancy-new-long-range-missile-can-strike-israel/
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If you're an Israeli, SSG Norman Lihou, the exact details and specifications are not anywhere near as important as the intentions behind the weapons and the efforts. Iran has made it clear they want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. When we think of it in those terms, I think it's very easy to "get" where Israel and her leaders are coming from. Can you imagine what it would feel like if a country declared they wanted to wipe out the USA? It's hard for us to imagine, because we're so big and powerful, but still ...
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Don't worry. The Israelis defense forces have the Jericho II missile capable of carrying a 1 megaton nuke 1,500 km. They also have five (5) German made Dolphin class subs, all of them dual-capable so they can run those nukes up the Straits of Hormuz and nail anywhere they want in Iran. They have 100 or more of those missiles. Nothing to worry about.
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