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>From Times Online
November 12, 2008
Military experts say 'new' Iranian missile is just an old one with a different
name
This is an images released Wednesday Nov. 12, 2008 taken at an undisclosed
location in Iran, showing a missile test fire by Iranian armed forces
(Vahid Reza Alaei/AP)
The missile fired today from an undisclosed location in Iran
Michael Evans, Defence Editor
Washington denounced the claim by Tehran today that it had test-fired a new
surface-to-surface missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles),
capable of reaching Israel and US bases in the Gulf.
Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran’s Defence Minister, said the new “Sejil missile”
had “extremely high capabilities”. He was quoted as saying that “it will only
land on the heads of those enemies who want to commit aggression and invade the
Islamic Republic”.
Despite the claims of a new weapon system, Western experts said it was probably
just another name given to the Shahab 3 missile which had been test-fired on
previous occasions.
The timing of the latest launching was seen as a deliberate move by Tehran to
try and deter either Israel or the US from taking military action against Iran
over its suspected nuclear weapons programme before President Bush hands over
to Barak Obama on January 20.
Gordon Johndroe, White House spokesman, said: “Iran’s development of ballistic
missiles is contrary to United Nations Security Council resolutions and
completely inconsistent with Iran’s obligations to the world.”
He said Iran should refrain from further missile tests “if they truly seek to
gain the trust of the world”.
Andrew Brookes of the London-based International Institute for Strategic
Studies said: "I think the Iranians just keeping on rejigging the same missile
and putting a new logo on it. It's basically the Shahab 3 with a different
name, and the purpose of the test firing is to tell the world, 'don't forget
us', we have missiles that can reach 2,000 kilometres."
"However, the launching of these missiles is not that meaningful because the
Iranians have not developed an advanced minituarised warhead to fit into the
front end, unless they are getting help from North Korea or Russia, and Moscow
says it is not supporting Iran's missile programme. So the missiles are rather
like the Second World War V2 bombs which scared people but didn't cause mass
casualties," he said.
Duncan Lennox, editor of Jane's Strategic Weapons, said: "You can never be sure
with the Iranians. From the photographs they have released the missile looks
like the Ashoura which they launched a year ago. It is a solid propellant
missile with a triconic nose shape, like the teat on a baby's bottle. The
Shahab 3A also has the same nose shape."
He added: "What is not clear is whether the test firing took place today or
whether it's a photograph taken out of the archives but from the pictures it
looks like a two-stage missile with a range of 1,900-2,000 kilometres."
Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.
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