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Iran Ready to Conquer Space
Iran has created a carrier rocket to boost the first satellite to the space, Aviation Week reported referring to Alaoddin Boroujerdi, head of the national security and foreign policy commission of Iranian parliament.
The launch complex has been assembled, Alaoddin Boroujerdi told students in Qom, signaling that a satellite will be soon delivered to the orbit.
According to the U.S. experts, the 30-ton carrier rocket was created based on Iran’s most powerful Shahab 3, which has the flying range of 1,600 kilometers. The forecast of the U.S. intelligence is that Iranian scientists will be able to develop a new ballistic missile with the flying range of up to 5,000 kilometers by 2015.
Iran is apparently preparing the launch of a spying satellite, the analysts of Israel speculate. The weight of such satellite is around 300 kilograms and as soon as the Iranian scientists find out how to create and deliver it to the orbit, they will adjust their missile to it, said Uzi Rubin, former chief of Israel’s Missile Defence Agency.
Other experts say Iran probably copied Taepogong-2 ballistic missile of North Korea. This missile was first tested July 5, 2006, but the launch was a failure.
Earlier, the chiefs of Israel’s intelligence claimed that North Korea passed to Iran 18 BM25 ballistic missiles with the flying range of around 2,400 kilometers. According to the recent reports of Europe’s intelligence, North Korea is helping Iran prepare the underground nuclear test, similar to the one that it conducted in October of 2006.
www.kommersant.com
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