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US "Iran" like anti missile test fails!
$150 million of the new or old budget used to strike?
A medium-range missile Sejil 2 is launched by Iranian army forces at an undisclosed location in Iran, 16 December 2009. Iran said that it had successfully tested the missile capable of reaching any part of Israel, state media reported. The test used an upgraded version of the Sejil 2 missile, which was first tested in May 2009, the Khabar news network reported. Officials claimed the missile exceeded the 2,000-kilometre range of the predecessor model Shahab 3. The range of the Shahab and Sejil missiles has caused grave concern in Israel and the West because they would be able to hit any part of the Jewish state. ANA/EPA/STR
At the cost of $150 million an American attempt to take down a ballistic missile, of the type that Iran has been testing over the last year, failed due to a faulty radar system, the Pentagon announced today. The target missile was launched from Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall islands, in what has become an increasingly active US military base, but the missile launched from the Vendenberg Base in California, wasn’t able to take the anti ballistic missile down as “one of the radars did not function as planned.”
This in effect is the first attempt by the US to test their anti missile systems against possible attacks from Iran.
The cost of such a test amounted to $150 million and was conducted at the same time as a Pentagon Report release which documents that Teheran has extended its ballistic missile capabilities in what it calls a “significant” threat to the US and its allies in the Middle East.
The report mentions that Iran now has the possibility to hit targets in the Middle East and in Eastern Europe in.gr reported.
An investigation has already begun looking into this issue but many weeks will be needed before initial conclusions are documented.
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