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To: AK2004 who wrote (274605)	2/14/2006 10:53:51 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571177

"some of them are very eager to get to that 72 virgins" Show me where even one mullah put on a suicide vest and blew himself up. Just one.

To: AK2004 who wrote (274605)	2/15/2006 12:10:08 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571177

"Current Shahab-3 got a range of 1300+ miles. " With an increase in stages and a decrease in payload. Assuming that Iran got help from Pakistan, and the Pakistan missiles that are nuclear capable have payloads in the metric ton range, it is reasonable to suspect that Iran can do no better. So if the payload is less than 750 kilos or so, it isn't going to be nuclear capable. So 1200 miles is actually optimistic. "The development of Shahab-4 is finished with capabilities of 2.5 to 3 thousand miles." Maybe according to the Washington Times. Israeli sources have claimed that that Russia has been providing Iran technology from the SS-4, which with a range of 2,000km globalsecurity.org "Shahab-5 and 6 are in development." December 1996 news reports claim that Iran is developing a 3500-mile (5500-km) missile that would be capable of reaching Europe. The technology for this system was cited as coming from Russia and North Korea. [Reuters 1996] Initially it was reported that the missile would become operational by the year 2000, though other [less implausible] reports claims that Iran intends to complete the development of this system within five to ten years. It is possible that this missile is a Taepodong 2 derivative. There were few other indications that this is in fact an active development project. globalsecurity.org Some sources claim that the Russians are helping a solid-fuel design team at the Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group in Teheran develop a 2800-mile missile, capable of reaching London and Paris, and a 6300-mile [10,000 km] range missile that could strike cities in the eastern United States. These reports are poorly documented and would appear to be highly speculative. globalsecurity.org Assuming that Iran actually produces these two, only the Shahab-6 would be capable of hitting the US.