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Is it my imagination or is the DoD consistently running a day late and a dollar short on the question of just when Iran will join the Kaboom Klub? According to the latest guestimate, we have nothing to worry about until at least 2015.
Iranian Missile May Be Able to Hit U.S. by 2015
By Mike Emanuel
- FOXNews.com
U.S. Defense Department report also says Iranians have gone to great lengths to protect its nuclear infrastructure from physical destruction including using buried and hardened facilities.
"With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States by 2015," says a new 12 page unclassified report prepared by the Department of Defense on the Iran Military Threat.
The report says Iran's military strategy is designed to defend against external or "hard" threats from the United States and Israel. "Iran's nuclear program and its willingness to keep open the possibility to develop nuclear weapons is a central part of its deterrent strategy," according to the report.
[...]
The report outlines Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities and developments saying it is "keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons," which is consistent with what we've heard from a wide range of U.S. officials. It says the Iranians have gone to great lengths to protect its nuclear infrastructure from physical destruction including using buried and hardened facilities.
The final aspects of the report review the regime's efforts to improve ballistic and cruise missile capabilities.
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Latest DoD Guestimate on Iran's Missile Capability
Is it my imagination or is the DoD consistently running a day late and a dollar short on the question of just when Iran will join the Kaboom Klub? According to the latest guestimate, we have nothing to worry about until at least 2015.
Iranian Missile May Be Able to Hit U.S. by 2015
By Mike Emanuel
- FOXNews.com
U.S. Defense Department report also says Iranians have gone to great lengths to protect its nuclear infrastructure from physical destruction including using buried and hardened facilities.
"With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States by 2015," says a new 12 page unclassified report prepared by the Department of Defense on the Iran Military Threat.
The report says Iran's military strategy is designed to defend against external or "hard" threats from the United States and Israel. "Iran's nuclear program and its willingness to keep open the possibility to develop nuclear weapons is a central part of its deterrent strategy," according to the report.
[...]
The report outlines Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities and developments saying it is "keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons," which is consistent with what we've heard from a wide range of U.S. officials. It says the Iranians have gone to great lengths to protect its nuclear infrastructure from physical destruction including using buried and hardened facilities.
The final aspects of the report review the regime's efforts to improve ballistic and cruise missile capabilities.
The rest is here but it's not rated "unclassified" for nothing.
- Side Deal Update: Iran To Skirt Side Deal Of Nuclear Agreement, Hold Missile Drills -duh!
Iran will resume long-range ballistic missile drills in coming months despite a UN stipulation in the recent nuclear deal that Teheran halt nuclear-capable ballistic missile activity. According to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, Teheran believes...
-
SO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Newsmax: CIA: Iran Capable of Producing Nukes Tuesday, 30 Mar 2010 By: Bill Gertz Iran is poised to begin producing nuclear weapons after its uranium program expansion in 2009, even though it has had problems with thousands of...
- Vladimir Dvorkin: Iran's Nuclear Threat 'real, Dangerous'
Even though he stresses this is his opinion and not necessarily those of the Russian governement this is still stunning coming from a Russian. Considering their involvement with Iran's reactors he should have a better idea than most and the rest better...
- More Serious Discussion About How To Strike Iran
I hope the Hojatieh are taking this seriously New U.S. 'global strike' plan set for possible 'sovereign options' against IranGERTZ: U.S. military sources said the Pentagon has vastly increased its capabilities for conducting a major military...
- Saturday Is Iran Day....so Here Comes The Persian Blast
Report hits White House complacency on Iran's regional threat Gertz WASHINGTON — A new report has warned the Bush administration of the implications of failing to counter a nuclear Iran. The report said the United States and its NATO allies must...