Think the Iranians pose no immediate threat to the American homeland? Think again. This missile, 18 of which Iran is believed to have purchased from North Korea, so far can only reach Europe, Israel and targets throughout the Middle East. But Debkafile says it is believed to be the missile that Allaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, says is being modified to launch a 300 kilogram spy satellite. "Once Iran learns how to put 300 kg into earth orbit," says Uzi Rubin, the former head of the Israel Missile Defense Organization, "it could adapt the satellite launcher into an ICBM that could drop more than 300 kg anywhere in the world, for instance, on Washington, D.C….every time the Iranian satellite passed above the U.S., it would remind America of Iran’s potential to strike it."
UPDATE Aviation Week’s slightly different take on this is here predicting a different rocket to be used for the Iranian space launch, and soon.
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