Baru pertama kali Bloomberg release berita ini. Apa nuke war sudah dekat?
Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Iran fired short-range missiles as part of a military
maneuver and said it will give a “crushing” answer to any armed aggression.
Iran “successfully tested a multimissile launching system,” state-run Press TV
reported. “A number of missiles including the homemade Fateh and Tondar” models
were launched both simultaneously and consecutively, the report said.
The exercises may increase tension over the Persian Gulf country’s nuclear
program and come after Revolutionary Guards Corps. said yesterday it would
conduct the war games to maintain the “deterrent capacity” of the armed forces.
The military plans to test medium-range missiles, such as the Shahab 2
missile, later today as well as improved long-range Shahab ones tomorrow,
General Hossein Salami, head of the air force, told satellite news channel
Press TV.
“The message is that of security,” Salami said. “We will respond to any
military action in a crushing manner.”
Today’s exercise, called Prophet IV, will assess “recent technical
developments and tactical progress” in surface-to- surface missiles, Salami
said, according to a report on the Guards official website.
The maneuver is also aimed at “practicing management of long-term preventive
and defensive operations,” he said.
‘Greedy Nations’
“The range of our missiles is in no way a threat for the neighboring
countries,” Salami said. “It is a message for certain greedy nations that seek
to create fear, to show that we are able to give a swift and suitable answer to
our enemies.”
Iran two days ago confirmed the development of a second uranium enrichment
facility in the country, a move condemned by the U.S., U.K. and France.
At a Sept. 25 news conference concluding the G-20 summit, U.S. President
Barack Obama said that diplomacy was his preferred option though he didn’t rule
out military action. Top Israeli officials said last week they aren’t taking
any options off the table to stop Iran’s nuclear progression.
Iranian officials are set to meet Oct. 1 in Geneva with representatives of the
five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany. The group seeks to
determine whether Iran is willing to limit its nuclear activities, which
several western nations claim is aimed at developing weapons.
Obama said yesterday he remains open to “a serious, meaningful dialogue” with
Iran.
The country first must “cooperate fully” with international arms inspectors
and “take actions to demonstrate its peaceful intentions,” the president said
in his weekly radio and Internet address.
To contact the reporter on this story: Ladane Nasseri in Beirut at
lnass...@bloomberg.net .
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