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Iran Boasts of Missile That Can Reach Israel

Device's reported 1,200-mile range also includes US bases

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 27, 2007 2:00 PM CST
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(Newser) – Iran has developed a missile with a range of more than 1,200 miles—far enough to strike Israel and American bases in the Mideast. Tehran's announcement today that the Ashura missile is operative will heighten tensions between the US and Iran, which continues to defy Security Council demands to end its nuclear program, Bloomberg reports.

This isn't the first time the Iranian defense ministry has announced such a long-range missile. Last year the Shahab-3 missile was advertised as capable of flying 1,200 miles. That claim turned out to be an overstatement, as revealed during a military parade when an announcer gave the missile's range as just over 800 miles.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, listens to a commander on a dignitaries podium as Iran's new Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, 3rd left, and Iran's Defense Minister Gen. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, 4th left, watch a Fateh 110 missile pass by during large-scale military parades to mark the 27th anniversary...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, listens to a commander on a dignitaries podium as Iran's new Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, 3rd left, and Iran's Defense Minister Gen....   (Associated Press)
Iranian Corps Guards of the Islamic Revolution forces display a Shahab 3 missile during large-scale military parades in Tehran marking the 27th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Iran in this Sept. 22, 2007 file photo. Amid growing tensions over Iran's nuclear aims, U.S. defense officials have signaled that...
Iranian Corps Guards of the Islamic Revolution forces display a Shahab 3 missile during large-scale military parades in Tehran marking the 27th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Iran in this Sept....   (Associated Press)
Two Iranian women, walk under a Sayyad-1 surface-to-air missile during an Army and Revolutionary Guards display to commemorate the 27th anniversary of outset of Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988, at the Baharestan Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007.
Two Iranian women, walk under a Sayyad-1 surface-to-air missile during an Army and Revolutionary Guards display to commemorate the 27th anniversary of outset of Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988, at the Baharestan...   (Associated Press)
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