Friday, February 04, 2011

Iranian missile test

WikiLeaks cables: planned US missile shield blind to nuclear weapons - Telegraph
"A 2007 briefing by General Patrick O’Reilly, director of the US Missile Defence Agency, disclosed that the radar system would be unable to detect long-range missiles in the launch phase because it could only see in a straight line, not over the horizon.

By the time the radar 'saw' the missile, it would be too late to launch an interceptor in time to stop it striking its target."

Russian Scientists Worried Iran Uses Their Know-How for Missiles - Bloomberg
"Russian scientists are increasingly concerned that years of cooperation with Iran on its civilian space program has provided the technology for Iranian development of missiles that would be capable of reaching Tel Aviv or Moscow"

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