War Games: Iran Brags Its Missiles Can Hit US and Israeli Targets
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(Daily Mail) — A senior Iranian military commander sent panic through the world today after making a chilling claim today that his country has the ability to produce even longer range missiles than those currently in its arsenal.
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Guard’s Aerospace Force, said that the U.S. and it’s ‘Zionist regime’ was in the line of fire.
The remarks came as Iran is conducting 10 days of war games designed as a show of strength amid a standoff with the West over the country’s controversial nuclear programme.
In the wake of the country’s president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad having one of his key advisers squeeze out and fears of growing instability in the country, the exercises will cause some concern in the West.
Hajizadeh said the Guard’s arsenal already includes missiles with a range of about 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) — putting Israel, U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf and parts of southeastern and eastern Europe within Iran’s reach.
The missiles, he said, were specifically designed for Israeli and U.S. targets. Iran’s known missiles of such range are the Shahab-3 and the Sajjil. Iran considers Israel and United States its top enemies.
Mr Hajizadeh stressed that Iran will not manufacture such missiles because Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf are already within its reach.
‘There is no threat from any country to us other than the U.S. and the Zionist regime,’ Hajizadeh said.
‘The range of our missiles has been designed on the basis of the distance to the Zionist regime and the U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf region.’
Hajizadeh said Iran ‘possess the technology’ but will not manufacture missiles with a range over 1,250 miles. He gave no details. ‘We have no intention to produce such missiles.’
In Israel, Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor denounced Hajizadeh’s remarks.
‘This new Iranian bragging demonstrates once again the aggressive policies of the ayatollahs’ regime,’ Palmor said.
‘Not that we had any doubts prior to this statement. But this renewed threat makes it obvious why Iran is the No. 1 threat to this whole region and beyond.’
Western intelligence reports say Iran is seeking to acquire the capability to produce inter-continental missiles with a range of up to 3,750 miles (6,000 kilometers), a claim Iran has denied.
Hajizadeh said some U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan are as close as 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Iran’s borders and can easily be hit by Iran in case of an attack.
The powerful Guard, which is in charge of Iran’s missile program, kicked off the war games on Monday by unveiling an underground smart missile silos for the first time, claiming that medium- and long-range missiles stored in them are ready to launch if Iran was attacked.
The silos are widely viewed as a strategic asset for Iran in the event of a U.S. or Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities.
As part of the exercise, Iran also fired 14 missiles, including Shahab-1, Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 as well as Zelzal missile.
Iran remains locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program, which the U.S. and its allies suspect is aimed at developing atomic weapons. Iran rejects the charges, and says the program is only for peaceful purposes.
Posted by WM on Thursday, July 7, 2011, at 12:04 pm | 
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Well in a few more months with Barry Ubama
at the helm there won’t be any U.S. bases or military personnel in the mideast to missle attack.
The US has missiles it needs to render inactive. So, send ‘em to Iran, no brag just fact. Sheesh the rock chuckers wanna enter the 20th century. Load the drones and call me in the morning.
Yea….well…….Ive got crabs the size of….well….crabs.
NOT ONLY THAT….I …er…uhhhh ……. TWITTERS!
Nuke them today
Of course the middle eastern countries are moving closer to Iran as we remove ourselves. This is no great acheivement on the part of Iranian or even Islamic overtures. These are pure survival tactics. The US is not doing anything even to protect its own interests in the region let alone theirs. Just keeping out of the hairlines.
I think we’re all in deep trouble if something isn’t done soon. Or is it too late?
Gee whiz…
Welcome to the tippy-top of the targeting matrix, Commander.
Ask those sand monkeys if the names Hiroshima and Nagasaki mean anything to them. Send ‘em some pictures and let them know that that was the old style and that we have much, much better bombs now! Turn that shit-hole into a glass parking lot!
America needs a misslesheild and screw the flower loving fly
Heh. Let’s build a missile shield FOR Iran.
Of course we might let Israel determine which direction gets blocked. They can launch what they want it just NEVER manages to make it out of Iran’s air space.
Heh.
Better yet we could activate the sleeper chips in their stolen target systems then redirect where ‘there’ missiles actually land.
I wonder how many they light off before they catch a clue.
Hey, Sadam Hussein once bragged like you Iranian pissants. And look what happened to him…..
@your kidding
>I think we’re all in deep trouble if something isn’t done soon. Or is it too late?
have you read this article?
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/obamas_final_solution.html
prepare for WWIII. and Glen beck was right. it’s going to start with the obliteration of the Jews, it’s already happening in this country with the ‘undesirables’ as per PP under the guise of “women’s rights”.