Posted on 02/03/2010 1:51:50 AM PST by jhpigott
TEHRAN — Iran hailed the successful launch of a home-built satellite on Wednesday amid Western concerns it is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons.
The Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) rocket was carrying an "experimental capsule", state-owned Al-Alam television reported.
State television's website said it was carrying "live animals" -- a rat, turtles and worms, the first such experiment by Iran in space technology.
"The capsule has the ability to send back empirical data," the website said.
State television showed footage of the rocket being fired from a desert launchpad leaving behind a thick plume of smoke.
A few minutes later the grainy images showed the capsule detaching from the rocket and spinning in orbit.
State television also carried pictures of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiling another home-built rocket for satellite launches dubbed the Simorgh (Phoenix).
The milk-bottle shaped rocket, emblazoned in blue with the words "Satellite Carrier Simorgh," is equipped to carry a 100-kilogramme (220-pound) satellite 500 kilometres (310 miles) into orbit, the television report said.
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State television also carried pictures of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiling another home-built rocket for satellite launches dubbed the Simorgh (Phoenix).
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“Lookit’Meeee!”,,,
(Watch North)...
Oh, well then, nothing to worry about here. Move along.
Looks like a good target for testing our missile defense system.
“Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi revealed the details of three new satellite prototypes — the Toloo (Dawn), Navid (Good News), and Mesbah-2 (Lantern).”
Good News 2-11?
And Obama cancelled our missile defense. He will get us all killed if we do not stop his insanity.
ICBM program.
*"Tastes like chicken."
When ImANutJob said Feb 11th would take away the Capitalist system, I said - ‘whatever’. When I see this, I think - can these idiots even try to pull off some type of EMP detonation? They’d be stupid enough to try.
LOL!
Consider Iran. For the past decade, Iran -- with the assistance of Russia, China and North Korea -- has been developing missile technology. Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani announced in 2004 their ability to mass produce the Shahab-3 missile capable of carrying a lethal payload to Israel or -- if launched from a ship -- to an American city.
The current controversy over Iran's nuclear production is really about whether it is capable of producing nuclear warheads. This possibility is made more urgent by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement in 2005: "Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism? But you had best know that this slogan and this goal are attainable, and surely can be achieved."
Mr. Ahmadinejad takes seriously, even if the average Iranian does not, radical Islam's goal of converting, subjugating or destroying the infidel peoples -- first and foremost the citizens of the U.S. and Israel. Even after 9/11, we appear not to take that threat seriously. We should.
Think about this scenario: An ordinary-looking freighter ship heading toward New York or Los Angeles launches a missile from its hull or from a canister lowered into the sea. It hits a densely populated area. A million people are incinerated. The ship is then sunk. No one claims responsibility. There is no firm evidence as to who sponsored the attack, and thus no one against whom to launch a counterstrike.
But as terrible as that scenario sounds, there is one that is worse. Let us say the freighter ship launches a nuclear-armed Shahab-3 missile off the coast of the U.S. and the missile explodes 300 miles over Chicago. The nuclear detonation in space creates an electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
Gamma rays from the explosion, through the Compton Effect, generate three classes of disruptive electromagnetic pulses, which permanently destroy consumer electronics, the electronics in some automobiles and, most importantly, the hundreds of large transformers that distribute power throughout the U.S. All of our lights, refrigerators, water-pumping stations, TVs and radios stop running. We have no communication and no ability to provide food and water to 300 million Americans.
This is what is referred to as an EMP attack, and such an attack would effectively throw America back technologically into the early 19th century. It would require the Iranians to be able to produce a warhead as sophisticated as we expect the Russians or the Chinese to possess. But that is certainly attainable. Common sense would suggest that, absent food and water, the number of people who could die of deprivation and as a result of social breakdown might run well into the millions.
Far too uncomfortable to think about, much less do something about. So we as a nation in effect put our fingers in our ears and yell as loud as we can: LALALALALA! I can't hear you!
And now Obama is turning NASA into a research entity to study Global Warming (Climate Change). Even part of the Pentagon is supposed to study this!!!!!
Idiots....
Premature launch??? Or is this another build-up for his Feb. 11th “show” that is supposedly going to end the US? I pray Obama isn’t too busy monitoring Reuters to be ready to act...
“a rat, a turtle, and worms”
Congress had better beef up security! It seems that Iranian agents have kidnapped some of them and shot them into space!!!! Yeeeaaarrrggghhhh!!!!!
Funny, just last night my wife asked if we should be worried about getting nuked.
I told her the Middle East and Europe may have to worry but Iran didn’t have the mean to nuke the US unless by boat.
Guess I was wrong and we do have to worry now.
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