Yesterday, Iran launched a test of the Simorgh, a rocket capable of putting satellites in orbit, from their new space center. Officials from US Strategic Command are now claiming that the rocket failed, and might conceivably have blown up before it reached space.
Strategic Command monitors launches around the world, but appears to be light on specifics for the Iran launch, saying they only thing they know for sure is that no satellite was put into orbit from the Simorgh launch, and seemingly only guessing about the blowing up thing.
Iran, however, insists the test was a success, and their statements don’t claim a satellite was put into orbit, only that the rocket, which has been worked on since 2010, is now capable of doing so. Since past launches of the same system failed rather publicly, it would be strange for Iran to try to pass this one off as a success if it wasn’t, and stranger still for only the US Strategic Command to be able to notice a failure, and for literally no one to see the putative explosion.
Either way, the US Treasury Department imposed new sanctions, supposedly over the “provocative space launch,” with new sanctions targeting their ballistic missiles program, claiming that violates a UN resolution forbidding nuclear missile development. This is done despite the rocket clearly not being a nuclear missile, Iran have a nuclear deal which precludes them being able to make a missile, and despite claims the rocket doesn’t even work.
The recent North Korean ICBM is supposed to have reached an apogee of 3700 KM – that’s some 3300 KM further out in space than the ISS. At such an altiude how does one reverse the flight trajectory so that he ICBM not only returns to Earth, but land less that 1500 KM from where it as fired? One might thing they were trying to nuke the Moon.
When I originally read that a few weeks back, I assumed it was a typo – but when I looked into it, that kind of trajectory is standard with intercontinental ballistic missiles. You’d treat it like you would any other ballistic flight path – artillery, etc. You’d give the missile the velocity it needed so that Earth’s gravity would eventually pull it back to Earth in roughly the desired area, and then you’d need GPS or some other satellite signal or ground control and thruster rockets to guide it more exactly.
North Korea better cozy up to Russia and China and launch their tests from those countries . They are just to small of a country to be firing off missiles alone . And they are too small of a country to be challenging the USA by themselves . They are very likely going to be attacked .like Serbia , Iraq ,Libya and Syria have been .North Korea better lighten up and cool down
ISRAEL LAUNCHES NEW SPY SATELLITE INTO ORBIT
Sep 13, 2016 – The Defense Ministry launched the Ofek-11 reconnaissance satellite into orbit from an air force base in central Israel.
Should the US disregard this Israeli launch because they are the chosen people? WESTERN HYPOCRISY !!!
What about US foreign policy ISN’T hypocritical? The leaders of this country are so far removed from common sense, it’s insane.
You are anti Semite
Does this mean I am evil like the bogeyman in your dreams!!! Ha..Ha..Ha….
Cant’t appreciate little sarcasm. See my post above
This doesn’t even qualify as an ICBM. Even if you double the altitude to calculate its theoretical point to point range that is only 600 miles, not even close to an ICBM.
Will the USA ever grow out of being a disgusting bully?
USA has no right to answer your question on its own.The answer should come from Israel.And then the US government spokesman put it out