Iran Announces Long-Range Missile Test Amid Strait Of Hormuz Row With U.S.

Haaretz ^ | 30 Dec 2011 | DPA

[edpc]

Amid a verbal row with the United States over blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil shipping route, Iran proclaimed on Friday that it will start testing long range missiles in the Persian Gulf.

"On Saturday morning the Iranian navy will test several of its long-range missiles in the Persian Gulf," navy deputy commander Admiral Mahmoud Moussavi told Fars news agency.

[edpc]

Potentially interesting.....

[Sacajaweau]

Interesting?? Very!! If it goes awry and doesn’t make it past the bow...

[bunkerhill7]

U.S. Announces Long-Range Anti-Missile Target Practice Amid Strait Of Hormuz Row With Iran

[NonValueAdded]

Salami also called the U.S. "an iceberg which is to be melted by the high degree of the Iranian revolution," and "a sparrow in the body of a dinosaur."

Gotta love that Baghdad Bob-speak. BTW, what is the airspeed velocity of a sparrow in a dinosaur body?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

It would be interesting if Israel shot it down.

Just saying.

[Noob1999]

Oh goody, the Fifth Fleet gets to play with some target practice!

[himno hero]

AND “a sparrow in the body of a dinosaur.”

Is that a allegory for “Obama in the White House”?

[NonValueAdded]

you got it

[Venturer]

Test all the missiles you want to Iran, just be careful they don’t hit anything.

THAT could be a big mistake.

[NY Attitude]

Should there be a military confrontation between the US and iranian forces, would that be a key in getting “The One” re-elected??????

[joe fonebone]

What do you mean..African or European variety?

[mardi59]

“high degree of the Iranian revolution,” /

Sounds a bit like a nuclear threat. High degree......

I’ve never seen a dinosaur turned to glass before. That would be something new. Little people using big words. They had better be very careful or they might be investing in glass parking lots with no cars to park in them.

[Logical me]

And our military will just sit there and ignore the chance for target practice. Will our missile intercept work? Yeah, on paper. How about a real practice?

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Gotta love that Baghdad Bob-speak. BTW, what is the airspeed velocity of a sparrow in a dinosaur body?”

European or African?

[Little Ray]

That is the proper response. Shoot it out of the sky and thank the Iranians for the target.

[Vermont Lt]

Don’t ask questions if you want to cross the bridge.

[NonValueAdded]

Uh, this one would be Asian :)

[ThunderSleeps]

Real smart Iran... What is the thought there? "Where should I test several long range missiles? I know, a crowded waterway full of commercial shipping, supertankers, and other Countries' naval forces!"

Because "tests" never go awry, everything will work exactly as planned. ;-/

Of course it is not really a "test" because that would be stupid. This is political/power posturing, maybe looking for an excuse to start something.