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US confirms Iran launch of first home-built satellite
afp ^ | 2-03-09 | staff

Posted on 02/03/2009 11:36:25 AM PST by Nachum

TEHRAN (AFP) — The US confirmed Tuesday that Iran has launched its first home-built satellite into orbit, raising fresh concerns in an international community already at odds with Tehran over its nuclear drive. "It appears that the Iranians conducted a launch of a low orbit satellite," said a US official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; confirms; iran; iraniannukes; satellite; us

1 posted on 02/03/2009 11:36:25 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum
I bet it gets taken out by “space debris”.
2 posted on 02/03/2009 11:39:12 AM PST by divine_moment_of_facts
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To: Nachum

The medium is the message.


3 posted on 02/03/2009 11:42:22 AM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Nachum

The Blank Check

Nukes? Check! Delivery system? Check... Will to use them. Check! Child sitting in the driver’s seat of your prime target? Check! World press kissing his ass? Check! Plans to negotiate with said child? Check! Certainty that said child will cave on most of your demands? Check! World Press kissing your ass non-stop? Check! Laughing your ass off? Check!


4 posted on 02/03/2009 11:43:34 AM PST by DoughtyOne (D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
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To: Nachum

Muzz-nik???


5 posted on 02/03/2009 11:43:45 AM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: Nachum

I didn’t think they had that much duct tape.


6 posted on 02/03/2009 11:49:51 AM PST by Leg Olam (??q? I'll never buy another ??oq??? ?keyboard on ?nq ??Ebay??? ?s?? ??? s?)
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To: Nachum

Why this matters.

When someone does this they are making a statement. They have mastered orbital mechanics.

Like with the launch of Sputnik, you’re now dealing with a nation that can fairly accurately project force around the globe.


7 posted on 02/03/2009 11:54:39 AM PST by Red6
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To: rednesss
Yes, Muzznik is now in orbit!

Iran finally enters the space age!!!!! About ten years too late.

8 posted on 02/03/2009 12:03:54 PM PST by R_Kangel (`.`)
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To: Nachum

9 posted on 02/03/2009 12:09:12 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Obama can HOPE his nominees pay their taxes but, alas, Democrats will never CHANGE)
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To: Red6
"They have mastered orbital mechanics."

Yes, and Sir Isaac Newton figured out calculus and physics over 400 years ago. So the Muzzies are only a bit behind the rest of the Western world.

10 posted on 02/03/2009 12:10:12 PM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: R_Kangel

Or 40.


11 posted on 02/03/2009 12:11:07 PM PST by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: Nachum

If these islamdethals can loft a payload into orbit, then there is no place on earth that is beyond the reach of their nukes.

I’m so relieved that our officials have said iran is not a threat, it’s a great weight off my shoulders.


12 posted on 02/03/2009 12:15:07 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg
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To: Nachum

For the last 6 months, our KIA have been 23 25, 14, 17, 16 AND 15.
Of those....12,17,7,10, 9 AND 11 have been non-hostile.

In every on of the last 6 months we have lost at least HALF our troops in non-hostile accidents compared to enemy fire.

6 months
110 kia
(66 non-hostile)

Either turn ‘em lose against Iran or bring ‘em home.


13 posted on 02/03/2009 12:26:20 PM PST by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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To: rednesss
There is a difference between math and building a complex machine that can translate this into the real world. The Manhattan Project is a good example.
14 posted on 02/03/2009 1:53:40 PM PST by Red6
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ON THE INTERNET:

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "IRAN SATELLITE LAUNCH HEIGHTENS MISSILE DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS" by Donna Miles (February 3, 2009)

Video (MEMRITV.org: "Iran Successfully Launches First Domestically Satellite Into Orbit" (Added February 3, 2009)

Video - "Raw Video: IRAN LAUNCHES ITS FIRST SATELLITE" (February 3, 2009)

YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "REPORT: IRAN LAUNCHES 1ST HOME-MADE SATELLITE" (SNIPPET: "Omid (Hope) satellite designed for research and telecommunications, state television says. Long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit can also be used for launching weapons") (Published February 3, 2009, 07:13)

15 posted on 02/05/2009 11:37:15 PM PST by Cindy
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To: tx_eggman

Ping per our conversation last night...


16 posted on 02/19/2009 10:27:30 AM PST by SpinnerWebb (mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
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To: Cindy

Is this what lit up the sky over Texas? Low-orbit??


17 posted on 02/19/2009 10:29:09 AM PST by Mashood
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To: SpinnerWebb

Thanks .. not good news


18 posted on 02/19/2009 10:58:40 AM PST by tx_eggman (I own two rare photos. Houdini as he locks his keys in his car and Norman Rockwell beating a child.)
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