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Iran is developing ballistic missiles that could strike EUROPE, warns America’s secretary of state Mike Pompeo
16th January 2019, 1:56 pm
The missile used by Iran to launch satellites is identical to one that can carry nukes, he said
IRAN is developing missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons to hit Europe, US Defence Secretary Mike Pompeo has said.
His comments came as Iran plans to launch two satellites on rockets which America and its allies say could be used as weapons.
The Iranian Simorgh rocket, which Mike Pompeo said was 'identical' to one capable of carrying nukes
In a tweet he said yesterday’s launch of a satellite was in “defiance of the international community” as wells a UN Security Council resolution aimed at limiting Iran’s nuclear programme.
“The launch yet again shows that Iran is pursuing enhanced missile capabilities that threaten Europe and the Middle East,” said Pompeo.
In a statement, the Defence Secretary said the Iranian’s satellite missile was "virtually identical and interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles".
The launch didn’t, however, quite go to plan when the Simorgh rocket carrying the Payam satellite failed to reach the "necessary speed" in the third stage of its launch.
"Iran is pursuing enhanced missile capabilities that threaten Europe and the Middle East" - Mike Pompeo
He said the U.S. is working with its partners "to counter the entire range of the Islamic Republic's threats, including its missile program, which threatens Europe and the Middle East."
In May 2018, Donald Trump pulled the US out of a deal which eased sanctions on Iran in return for it agreeing to end its nuclear weapons programme.
Recent satellite imagery appears to back the claim the claim Iran may be developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of hitting Europe at a secret base.
US-based weapons researchers made the discovery by watching an Iranian TV show about the regime’s former nuke scientist Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam.
Moghaddam died in 2011 when the missile base which he built was destroyed in an explosion.
However, what the programme unwittingly revealed was that the military scientist developed another desert facility which is operating today.
Located in Shahrud, northern Iran, the base is around 40 kilometres away from the town of the same name, claim the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.
SOURCE (HTTP): https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/82085...arns-americas-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo/
16th January 2019, 1:56 pm
The missile used by Iran to launch satellites is identical to one that can carry nukes, he said
IRAN is developing missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons to hit Europe, US Defence Secretary Mike Pompeo has said.
His comments came as Iran plans to launch two satellites on rockets which America and its allies say could be used as weapons.
The Iranian Simorgh rocket, which Mike Pompeo said was 'identical' to one capable of carrying nukes
In a tweet he said yesterday’s launch of a satellite was in “defiance of the international community” as wells a UN Security Council resolution aimed at limiting Iran’s nuclear programme.
“The launch yet again shows that Iran is pursuing enhanced missile capabilities that threaten Europe and the Middle East,” said Pompeo.
In a statement, the Defence Secretary said the Iranian’s satellite missile was "virtually identical and interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles".
The launch didn’t, however, quite go to plan when the Simorgh rocket carrying the Payam satellite failed to reach the "necessary speed" in the third stage of its launch.
"Iran is pursuing enhanced missile capabilities that threaten Europe and the Middle East" - Mike Pompeo
He said the U.S. is working with its partners "to counter the entire range of the Islamic Republic's threats, including its missile program, which threatens Europe and the Middle East."
In May 2018, Donald Trump pulled the US out of a deal which eased sanctions on Iran in return for it agreeing to end its nuclear weapons programme.
Recent satellite imagery appears to back the claim the claim Iran may be developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of hitting Europe at a secret base.
US-based weapons researchers made the discovery by watching an Iranian TV show about the regime’s former nuke scientist Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam.
Moghaddam died in 2011 when the missile base which he built was destroyed in an explosion.
However, what the programme unwittingly revealed was that the military scientist developed another desert facility which is operating today.
Located in Shahrud, northern Iran, the base is around 40 kilometres away from the town of the same name, claim the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.
SOURCE (HTTP): https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/82085...arns-americas-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo/
