Iran Testing Missile that has the Range to Hit Israel

Iran has reportedly tested a missile that has the range to hit targets in Israel and American bases in the region.  From Reuters:
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Iran had tested a missile that defense analysts say could hit Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf, a move likely to fuel Western concern about Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Washington voiced concern after Ahmadinejad announced the test on the same day campaigning for the Iran's June 12 presidential election officially started.

U.S. President Barack Obama"has long been concerned" by any development in Iran's missile program, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. A U.S. official said the test was a "step in the wrong direction".

One Western expert saw the missile test as Iran's response to the Israeli prime minister's U.S. visit this week.

Coming a day after Iran's supreme leader accused the United States of promoting terrorism, the test was a further disappointment for the Obama administration, which is seeking rapprochement with Iran after three decades of mutual mistrust.

It is clear that Iran wants a weapon system that can be used throughout the Middle East region.  I for one do not believe Iran's continued statements that they have no nuclear weapons ambition.  If they successfully made such a weapon they would immediately shift the power structure of perhaps the world's most delicate region.  Any power shift could destabalize the Middle East so much that Israel will fill it needed to act, and then God knows what would happen.  This is all speculation of course, but Obama and his foreign policy team certainly has its work cut out for it.  Iran continues their march for high class weaponry.

 

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