Iran Missiles

Iran Tests Longest-Range Missiles

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 09.29.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran tested its longest-range missiles Monday and warned they can reach any place that threatens the country, including Israel, p...

Obama's Shrewd Iran Policy

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Jacob Heilbrunn

The good news is that President Obama has a brilliant strategy for dealing with Iran. The bad news is that brilliance may not be enough.

North Korea, Iran Working Together To Develop Missiles, Says US General

Reuters | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran and North Korea are working together to develop ballistic missiles and have made significant progress, the head of the Pen...

Israel War Preparation Drill Biggest Ever

Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


In what is being touted as Israel's most mass-scale war preparation drill ever, 'Turning Point 3' will over the course of five days involve both milit...

Israeli Jets Practicing For Possible Iran Clash

AP | Posted 06.22.2009 | World


Israel's air force held a large-scale exercise simulating war on several fronts with enemies that include Iran, Israeli defense officials said Friday....

Iran Missile Launch Confirmed By US

AP | PAMELA HESS and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 06.20.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The missile test-fired by Iran is the longest-range solid-propellent missile it has launched yet, a U.S. government official said W...

Iranian Military Vows To "Wipe Israel Out Of Existence" If Attacked

Huffington Post | Posted 06.19.2009 | World


Video news coverage of interviews with Iranian military officials conducted in early May reveal the troubling increased contentiousness between the Is...

Iran Missiles Not An Existential Threat: Study

Haaretz | Posted 06.14.2009 | World


Iran is currently capable of carrying out a conventional missile attack on Israel - a substantial but not existential threat, say two Israeli analysts...

Iran Claims Missiles Deployed In Persian Gulf

Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has deployed mobile ground-to-air and ground-to-sea missile batteries in the Strait of Hormuz and other areas in the ...

Russia Confirms Iran Missile Contract

AP | Posted 04.18.2009 | World


MOSCOW — Russian news agencies cited a top defense official Wednesday as confirming that a contract to sell powerful air-defense missiles to Ira...

Russia Open To Discussing US Plan On Iran

AP | DOUGLAS BIRCH | Posted 04.03.2009 | World


MOSCOW — Russia's president seemed open Tuesday to discussing a U.S. plan to cancel an anti-missile system in Europe if Russia helps prevent Ira...

Iran Tests Its First Nuclear Power Plant

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 03.28.2009 | World


BUSHEHR, Iran — Iranian and Russian engineers carried out a test-run of Iran's first nuclear power plant Wednesday, a major step toward starting...

Right-Wing Fear Machine

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)

2008-12-15-radiological.jpgThis video comes courtesy of the unabashed hawks at the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Watch it for yourself, but you might want to put the kids to bed first.

Analysts: Iran's Missile Tests Were Plea For Diplomacy

Washington Post | Glenn Kessler | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics


Last week, various Iranian officials made positive comments about a new diplomatic outreach by the United States and its allies, suggesting negotiatio...

The Iranian Missile Photos -- Be Very Afraid

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics


Harry Shearer

An Iranian blogger posts this week's photo along with a photo of a Iranian missile launch that was taken two years ago, and suggests that they are, um, the same photo.

Bush turns to diplomacy to deter Iran

AP | BARRY SCHWEID | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — While keeping the military option on the table, the Bush administration is counting heavily on diplomacy including direct talks wit...

Iran Fires Off More Missiles To Prove Military Strength

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran test-fired more long-range missiles overnight in a second round of exercises meant to show that the country can defend itsel...

Gulf Action-Reaction Cycle Could Spin to War

Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Joe Cirincione

It is no coincidence that Iran fired its salvo of 9 ballistic missiles on July 9 while the G-8 leaders in Japan were calling on Iran to suspend its uranium-enrichment program.

Jason Linkins

Debbie Stabenow Gets It Right On Iran

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Iran's missile launch has helped to renew a focus on foreign policy in the Presidential campaign diminished by economic issues. As a result, the comp...

Killing Iranian Civilians Isn't Hilarious, Senator McCain

Bob Cesca | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Bob Cesca

Which candidate is better suited to confront the issue of Iran? The one who has pledged aggressive diplomacy? Or the one who just last night joked about killing Iranian civilians with weaponized cancer?

Iran Test-Fires Nine Missiles, Warns It Will Retaliate

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran test-fired nine missiles Wednesday, including ones capable of hitting Israel, making a dramatic show of its readiness to str...