Friday, March 31, 2006

Iran testing Radar-Dodging Missile?

Hmm it seems that this may be a new escalation in a potential missile war with Israel. I certainly agree with this assessment:

Andy Oppenheimer, a weapons expert at Jane's Information Group, said the missile test could be an indication that Iran has MIRV capability. MIRV refers to multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, which are intercontinental ballistic missiles with several warheads, each of which could be directed to a different target.

"From the description, it could be a MIRV. If you are saying that from a single missile, separate warheads can be independently targeted then yes, this is significant," he said.

With a MIRV it only takes a few of these missiles to devastate the Israeli Air Force while it is still on the ground.

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