"DSK" wrote in message
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What is a Shahab-5? Why do you expect it to have greater than a 7x
improvement on range over the Shahab-3?


NOYB wrote:
Because it will probably be an ICBM:

http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/bcmt/mrbm_irbm_3.htm

You should have looked a little further in the same web site

http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/bcmt/mrbm_irbm_5.htm

Note that nobody, not China, not India (who have both been building
missiles for a long time) have an ICBM with a range over 2,000 miles. It
is 6,000 miles from Iran to the closest point of the U.S.


Doh! You do know why it's called an *INTERCONTINENTAL* Ballistic Missile,
don't you?

Since 1981, China has had ICBM's that can reach the continental US:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/icbm/

Are you drinking heavily lately? It's getting too easy to beat you in an
argument. I remember the days when you at least put up a decent fight.