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Fri, 07/11/2008 - 12:11
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Israel to exhibit aircraft that can spy on Iran
Jerusalem, Jul 11 (PTI) Israel will exhibit an advanced aircraft it claims is capable of spying on Iran, justa day after the Islamic republic tested long range missiles.
Israel Aerospace Industries has planned an in-house exhibit Thursday of its Eitam airplane, unveiled a year ago and equipped with sophisticated intelligence-gathering systems, amid recent assertions by Israeli leaders that "all options are on the table" vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclearprogramme, the 'Ha'are tz' reported.
Statements hinting at Israel using the military option to foil Iran's nuclear ambitions had created a havoc in theglobal market with oil prices marking a steep hike.
Tehran meanwhile test launched more missiles in thePersian Gulf overnight.
"Deep in the Persian Gulf waters, the launch of different types of ground-to-sea, surface-to-surface, sea-to-air and the powerful launch of the Hout missile successfully took place," Iranian state radio reported withoutgiving further details.
Israeli experts have said the missile launched as part of large-scale military exercise in Iran Wednesday is not abatter version of the Shahab-3 ballistic missile.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commanders reportedly said that the nine missiles tested were medium and long-rangeweapons including some that are capable of striking Israel.
General Hossein Salami, head of the Revolutionary Guards Air Force, claimed on Iranian television that a Shahab-3 long-range ballistic missile had been tested, which is capable of travelling longer distances, with greateraccuracy, and with a larger payload.
"Our finger is always on the trigger, and our missilesare always ready to launch," he said.
However, Uzi Rubin, who led Israel's development of the Arrow anti-missile system said this was not a new versionof the Iranian ballistic missile.
"From what I saw, this is an old version of the Shahab-3, and contrary to their claims, it is not capable ofreaching 2,000 km, only 1,300 km," he said.
Rubin also raised the possibility that a version of Shahab-3 with a 2,000 km range has still not been tested or isstill not operational.
"Without being hasty, I note that the Iranians have a tendency to exaggerate to a certain extent the capabilities oftheir missiles," he said.
The test-firing of missiles was aimed at showing Israel and the US that Tehran is capable of responding to threats against its nuclear installations. PTI
Israel Aerospace Industries has planned an in-house exhibit Thursday of its Eitam airplane, unveiled a year ago and equipped with sophisticated intelligence-gathering systems, amid recent assertions by Israeli leaders that "all options are on the table" vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclearprogramme, the 'Ha'are tz' reported.
Statements hinting at Israel using the military option to foil Iran's nuclear ambitions had created a havoc in theglobal market with oil prices marking a steep hike.
Tehran meanwhile test launched more missiles in thePersian Gulf overnight.
"Deep in the Persian Gulf waters, the launch of different types of ground-to-sea, surface-to-surface, sea-to-air and the powerful launch of the Hout missile successfully took place," Iranian state radio reported withoutgiving further details.
Israeli experts have said the missile launched as part of large-scale military exercise in Iran Wednesday is not abatter version of the Shahab-3 ballistic missile.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commanders reportedly said that the nine missiles tested were medium and long-rangeweapons including some that are capable of striking Israel.
General Hossein Salami, head of the Revolutionary Guards Air Force, claimed on Iranian television that a Shahab-3 long-range ballistic missile had been tested, which is capable of travelling longer distances, with greateraccuracy, and with a larger payload.
"Our finger is always on the trigger, and our missilesare always ready to launch," he said.
However, Uzi Rubin, who led Israel's development of the Arrow anti-missile system said this was not a new versionof the Iranian ballistic missile.
"From what I saw, this is an old version of the Shahab-3, and contrary to their claims, it is not capable ofreaching 2,000 km, only 1,300 km," he said.
Rubin also raised the possibility that a version of Shahab-3 with a 2,000 km range has still not been tested or isstill not operational.
"Without being hasty, I note that the Iranians have a tendency to exaggerate to a certain extent the capabilities oftheir missiles," he said.
The test-firing of missiles was aimed at showing Israel and the US that Tehran is capable of responding to threats against its nuclear installations. PTI
