Iran shows Europe 'in reach' with longest-range ballistic missile launch

7 months ago by all_i_see to c/world

An attempted attack on a US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean by Iran shows Tehran can launch missiles as far as 4,000km, raising concerns European cities are in reach.

Monstrosity 24 points 7 months ago

So, as the linked article states, the only source for the supposed existence of these long range missiles, neither of which landed, is US & Israeli intelligence.

Iran denies they fired any missiles & the UN cannot confirm Iran launched any missiles. Also, the UK denies there is any threat. All of this is in the article.

This may be propaganda to try make Iran sound scary & drum up support, idk.

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Kushan 10 points 7 months ago

Yeah, UK intelligence agencies have basically said it's a non issue.

Essentially you can take any ballistic missile and double the range by making the payload smaller (or remove it entirely). That's the basis for this claim, Iran could make their existing missiles go a lot further to reach more targets but it would be pointless doing so.

So what?

This was the reaction of UK intelligence.

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Iconoclast 3 points 7 months ago

Iran has put satellites in orbit. The main difference between a space rocket and an ICBM is the payload. There's a reason NASA got the budget to put a man on the moon during the Cold War - and it wasn't pure love for space exploration.

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a4ng3l 2 points 7 months ago

The main difference is controlled and targeted re-entry isn’t it? Payload as well but I suspect that part they master already what with the similarities with shorter range ordnances they produce.

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Iconoclast 2 points 7 months ago

I suspect that part they master already what with the similarities with shorter range ordnances they produce

Exactly. Now they just need a big rocket to take it to the other side of the globe and space rocket works great for that. Both Atlas and Titan rockets for example are ICBMs derived from space rockets.

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HootinNHollerin 13 points 7 months ago

We haven’t seen any proof. Israel has proven so many times it can’t be trusted. Likely another ploy to bring Europe into the war for Israel

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floofloof 12 points 7 months ago

This smells a bit like "Saddam is 45 minutes away from destroying us all with his WMD."

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GeeDubHayduke 5 points 7 months ago

Or the last two and a half decades of Bibi saying "Iran is 20 minutes away from nuking the whole world."

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vpol 6 points 7 months ago

Everyone is “in-reach”. What a stupid take.

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saltesc 4 points 7 months ago

It's like a 5-6 hr flight from Doha to Athena. Ya, pretty sure EU has always been in range lol

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