Iranian Stealth Missile
This is interesting. We talk of 700-ton bombs that will never get off the ground (an M-1 Abrams main battle tank, by comparison weighs 65 tons), and the very next day, the Iranians counter in the bluster war with this:
The missile, while locally made, is of American design. I'd translate the last part about “greater technical and tactical capabilities” to mean they're now using B4-4 rocket engines instead of their earlier designs using A8-3s.
Iran successfully test-fired a locally made missile with the ability to carry a warhead and avoid radar, the airforce chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards said Friday. "Today, a remarkable goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran's defence forces was realized with the successful test-firing of a new missile with greater technical and tactical capabilities than those previously produced," Gen. Hossein Salami said on state-run television.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 07:39 AM
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The 700-ton bomb isn't being tested for use itself; it's to see what a 1 kiloton detonation does to a buried structure. If the effect is sufficient, then development will procede on a 1 kiloton penetrator nuke.
At least, that's the best speculation I've read. You're absolutely right that there's no way to deliver 700 tons of explosive.
At least, that's the best speculation I've read. You're absolutely right that there's no way to deliver 700 tons of explosive.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at March 31, 2006 09:08 AM (n5eDP)
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LOL.....love the estes rockets. Maybe they have a silkworm in the catalog now. But I bet they are counting on the heavy lift capability of the tried and true "Big Bertha". guffaw.....
Posted by: Specter at March 31, 2006 09:14 AM (ybfXM)
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