Re: {{ OT }} Iran's missiles



Jeff Strickland wrote:

"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Apparently Iran also faked the second-day launch of three missiles, by
using only one missile and photographing it from three angles. Also
it wasn't a surface-to-surface missile but an anti-ship missile. The
first day's firing consisted of one Iranian-designed missile, a no-
longer-produced model capable of delivering a warhead only 900 miles,
not 1,200, and the accompanying missiles were even older SCUDs. If
Iran had plenty of the newer missiles, why weren't any fired for the test?

IOW Iran faked its missile test even more than first realized.

Yes, but the question posed to Joe (that he never found a way to answer)
was, why would they fake the test(s)?

To quote the press secretary of Qatar, "It's a rough neighborhood out
there", and looking strong can be a deterrent against attacks.

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