Nuke Iran ???

Should the U.S Military neutralize the Iranian nuclear threat ?


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onthefence said:
Says who? I'm gonna have to see evidence on this one.

It is out of missile range.

Iranian Artillery Rockets

Iranian military forces possess a wide variety of artillery rockets, although the diversity of these holdings is exceeded only by the paucity of detailed information in the open literature. Iran produces a range of artillery rocket systems, including the Shahin, Oghab, Fajr, Naze'at, and Zelzal. Although these rocket systems were developed primarily for a battlefield support role, Iran used the Oghab in a strategic role during the February-April 1988 "War of the Cities," to bombard Iraqi cities and towns.

Although details on most of these systems is spare, it is reported that the Oghab, a 230 mm artillery rocket with range of 34 km, is launched from a launcher with three launch tubes. The Nazeat-10, an extended-range version of the Nazeat-6 FROG-derivative, is fired from the same launcher as the Oghab, but can also be fired from L2 and L3 FROG launchers.

The 240-millimeter Fajr-3 missile has a range of some 25 miles, and the 333-millimeter Fajr-5 missile has a range of about 45 miles. Production of the Fajr-3 missile, with an estimated range of 45 km, was estimated to have started in 1991. Iran had for some time been manufacturing the Naze'at (Iran-130), similar to the Shahin series. Fajr-3 has the same caliber, range and warhead weight as three known North Korean systems. The Fagr-5 missile, which is launched from a mobile platform, reportedly has a range of between 60-70 kilometers. The missile was constructed by the Iranians, reportedly with help from North Korea and China. Like the Katyusha rocket and the Scud missile, however, at the limit of its range it is accurate only within a radius of around one kilometer. There are unconfirmed though plausible reports that Iran has tested a chemical warhead for the Fajr-5.

In early 2001 it was reported that Hizbullah had set up a belt of mobile multi-barreled rocket launchers and truck-mounted missiles along Israel’s northern flank ready to go off the moment Israel launched a large-scale military offensive against Lebanon. The Japanese-made Isuzo truck launchers carry Fajr-3 (Arabic for dawn-3) projectiles, a third generation of Katyusha rockets with a 60-kilometer range manufactured by Iran's air force industry.

Iranian manufactured rockets launchers include the Haseb, an Iranian 12 tube 107 mm MRL that is a variant of a Chinese 107 mm rocket, as well as variants of Chinese and Russian 122 mm rockets such as the Noor and Hadid 40 tube 122 mm MRL systems and the Arash version of the 122mm Katyusha MRL.

The "Thirty- Bomb Rocket Truck" is designed and manufactured for quick and exact firing operations in any Geographical Conditions and for destroying Anti-Fire barriers and enemy’s motorized armored devices with higher mobility. It should be noted that this weapon is mounted on Benz LA911. It is of high value because of its quick transposition and crossing through road and off-road.

Currently, Iran is focusing on constructing medium range ballistic missles with ranges of up to 1000km. This warrents the need for help from foreign nations, mainly North Korea and China, but it should be noted that Iran has the ability to produce missles indigenously. North Korea and China are known to support the Iranian SCUD B and C programs with technology and maintainance.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/mrl-iran.htm

25 miles woohoo!
 

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