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Iran test-fired a long-range missile on Wednesday, state television reported, an announcement likely to add further tension to ties with the West
The report described the launch of an "improved Sejil 2 missile" as successful.
Originally posted by grantbeed
Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile
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Iran test-fired a long-range missile on Wednesday, state television reported, an announcement likely to add further tension to ties with the West
The report described the launch of an "improved Sejil 2 missile" as successful.
Sejil 2 uses solid fuel as opposed to liquid fuel used on Shahab 3. Solid-propellant rockets can be fueled in advance and moved and stored into underground silos. The liquid-propellant rockets need to be fueled and fired quickly
Sejil 2 is a two-stage rocket, allowing it to reach higher altitudes, increasing its range, and to accelerate more efficiently when the first stage drops off
2000-2500 km range for Sejil 2
Sejil 2 uses improved positioning system receivers on the launchers and in the missiles, making them more accurate than Shahab 3
"2000 kilometers." That's the equivalent of 1,250 miles, the distance by air between Israel and Iran's main nuclear and missile sites
Originally posted by neo5842
I need help with this issue, simply because i cant understand why Iran can't have its own nuclear program? is it not the case the US have one, Israel, the UK, Russia, China well i could go on, as you know, and it that a reason to go to war with a country because they wont be bullied in to doing what the big boys say they have to do. I look at it like this, if my neighbour said to me that i cant have a TV, i know its different, but the principle is the same, I would tell them where to go, and probably say something along the lines of, Who the F@~k do you think you are, telling me what i can and cant do? they say the missile system is as a deterrent , That sounds good enough to me, just another way of saying we wont be bullied. Or am i wrong I? I dont know.