Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has claimed that Iran has fired a new surface-to-surface missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers.
In a campaign speech in his hometown in northern Iran on Wednesday, Ahmadinejad said that the Sajjil-2 missile "hit its target." He said that the new model was propelled by solid fuel and was an improvement over the Shihab 3 missile.
Ahmadinejad's announcement came only a day after a report issued by a group of US and Russian scientists and experts predicted that it would take Iran six to eight years to develop a missile with a nuclear warhead and a 2,000-kilometer range. The report said it's "virtually impossible" to predict how long it would take the country to produce a modern intercontinental ballistic missile.
Without additional outside technology, the report said it would be "at least 10 to 15 years," adding that there was no evidence Iran has decided to build an intercontinental ballistic missile.
| But we see how long it took them with the help of outside technology. North Korean, perhaps? |
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