Iran's response to an Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities will not
be destructive, unless they had a nuclear bomb, INSS head Maj.-Gen.
(res.) Amos Yadlin said on Sunday, Army Radio reported.
"[Iran]
won't be able to annihilate Tel Aviv until they have a nuclear bomb, and
this is what we're trying to stop," the former head of Army
Intelligence said.
"Even if Tehran has a few hundreds of rockets -
like what Saddam Hussien had during the Gulf War - half of the rockets
launched will be intercepted, and I can't recall anyone being killed
from the rockets in 1990," he added.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Yadlin-Iran-response-wont-be-destructive-without-nukes-314428
Iran claims it has new long-range missile launchers
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi stated during
a ceremony on Sunday that Iran’s Defense Ministry and the Aerospace
Division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard jointly developed a new
long-range surface-to-surface missile launcher. According to the report
on Iran’s Press TV website, Vahidi stated that the missiles were for
defensive purposes.
“Today, the Defense Ministry, with the key
strategy of self-confidence, hard work and self-sufficiency, designs and
manufactures different weapons and military systems in aerospace,
naval, aerial, ground, electronic and optic fields,” said Vahidi.
Iran has a habit of triumphantly declaring technological achievements
that many Western analysts find doubtful, but there is often no way to
check if the new declared technology actually works.
Iran’s defense minister also said that it would have a strong response to any aggression, making the enemy regret their attack.
“Iran
does not want war with any country and will not be the initiator of any
war or conflict, but will also not allow any aggression or hostile act
[against the country],” Vahidi added, according to the report.
Vahidi also said that the advance was part of Iran’s larger goal of
becoming self-sufficient for crucial weapons systems. The new weapon
would allow for firing large numbers of missiles at the enemy, according
to Iran’s Mehr News.
Tensions in the region continue to build
over the country’s nuclear program and the threat of an Israeli or
American strike has Iran building up its defense systems to meet the
threat. How much is rhetoric and how much is real, it is not fully
known, but the rhetoric has served to prepare and raise the spirits of
the Iranian public for any future conflict with Israel or the West.
In
addition to the tensions over the nuclear program, the sectarian strife
throughout the region, especially in Syria, and in Lebanon, Iraq, and
some other Sunni dominated Gulf states, has led to real conflict on the
ground and an escalation of fighting between Sunnis and Shi’ites.
http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Iran-claims-it-has-new-long-range-missile-launchers-314424
Sunday 26 May 2013
Yadlin: Iran response won't be destructive without nukes
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