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famousdayandyear:

Iran test-fires missiles near Strait of Hormuz

Posted: Dec 31, 2012 6:31 AM EST Updated: Dec 31, 2012 6:31 AM EST
By Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran -

Iran's navy says it has test-fired a range of weapons during ongoing maneuvers near the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply.

The Monday report by the official IRNA news agency quotes exercise spokesman Adm. Amir Rastgari as saying the Iranian-made air defense system Raad, or Thunder, was among the weapons tested.

Iran says the system fires missiles with a range of 50 kilometers (30 miles), capable of hitting targets at 22,000 meters (75,000 feet).

He said torpedoes and underwater and surface-to-surface rockets were also successfully tested.

The drill began Friday and ends Wednesday. It's one of a number of exercises Iran holds annually.

Iran has in the past said it might close the strait over Western sanctions, but has not made such threats recently.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/20472047/iran-test-fires-missiles-near-strait-of-hormuz

mountaineer:
Any comment at all from the Obama administration, or just the usual crickets?

PzLdr:
Stiff note to follow from the stiff in the White House.  :silly:

Rapunzel:

--- Quote from: PzLdr on January 02, 2013, 02:56:01 pm ---Stiff note to follow from the stiff in the White House.  :silly:

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yeah right.......

Scottftlc:
I think Obama loves this...worst that can happen, he gets WWIII and gets to be a bizarro version of Roosevelt II.  He'd probably even like it more if Iran closed the straits...the radical environmentalists who back and bankroll him will be in Seventh-Heaven if the oil stopped moving, even for a little while.

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