Iran says advanced missiles can target any threat (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 09/28/2009 - 7:28pm

This satellite image taken Saturday Sept. 26, 2009, provided by GeoEye shows a facility under construction inside a mountain located about 20 miles north northeast of Qom, Iran.<br /><br />Although there is no confirmation, analysts at both the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security and London-based IHS Jane's believe this satellite photo of a site on a military base near Qom, Iran, is most likely the location of the newly revealed centrifuge facility.<br /><br />Analysts at both ISIS and Jane's point to apparent tunnel entrances leading into a mountain. (AP Photo/GeoEye Sateliite Image, IHS Jane's Analysis)AP - Iran tested its longest-range missiles Monday and warned they can reach any place that threatens the country, including Israel, parts of Europe and U.S. military bases in the Mideast.

The launch capped two days of war games and was condemned as a provocation by Western powers, which are demanding Tehran come clean about a newly revealed nuclear facility it has been secretly building.




 

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