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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: famousdayandyear on January 01, 2013, 12:30:58 am
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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 (http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/20472047/iran-test-fires-missiles-near-strait-of-hormuz)
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Any comment at all from the Obama administration, or just the usual crickets?
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Stiff note to follow from the stiff in the White House. :silly:
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Stiff note to follow from the stiff in the White House. :silly:
yeah right.......
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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.