Daily Telegraph - The Jewish Lobby at work ...again

Iran has missiles to carry nuclear warheads claims Con Coughlin in today's Daily Telegraph.

Aided by a graphic remarkably like the one in the AJC ad in the Financial Times on Wednesday demonstrating the mythical range of yet to be developed mythical missiles (and boosted by the State Broadcasting Corporation aka BBC yesterday) he says Iran has successfully developed ballistic missiles with the capability to carry nuclear warheads. Enlarged map click here.

"Military expert analysis " of recent firings of the antique N Korean (German WWII V2 derivative) Rodong (range 800 miles) concludes The Shahab-3 is a modified version of North Korea's Nodong missile which itself is based on the old Soviet-made Scud.

The Nodong, which Iran "secretly" acquired from North Korea in the mid-1990s, is designed to carry a conventional warhead. But Iranian engineers have been working for several years to adapt the Shahab-3 (Tech. spec. Here)to carry nuclear weapons says CC. Instead of the single cone normally attached to this type of missile, the new Shahab has three cones, or a triconic, warhead. A triconic warhead allows the missile to accommodate a nuclear device and this type of warhead is normally found only in nuclear weapons. (Yes and they are very, very heavy - hence the size of US ICBM's - Ultimately, a total of 500 x 3 stage single RV Minuteman IIIs will be the USA's ICBM deterrent force through 2020, each 60 feet long weighing a total of 16 tons with a range of 6,000 miles (all downgraded from 3 unit MIRV nuclear heads)

According to the new research, the Iranian warhead is designed to carry a spherical nuclear weapon that would be detonated 2,000 feet above the ground, similar to the Hiroshima bomb.

"This is a major breakthrough for the Iranians," CC claims a senior US official said. "They have been trying to do this for years and now they have succeeded. It is a very disturbing development."

He admits that US defence officials believe that Iran is several years away from acquiring nuclear weapons, but says it is believed that the warhead could hold a version of the nuclear bomb Pakistan is known to have developed.

In 2003 the Iranians concluded another secret deal with North Korea to buy the Taepo Dong 2 missile, which has a range of 2,200 miles and would enable Iran to hit targets in mainland Europe ..... which it would if this multi stage missile worked and had a throw weight of more than a few pounds.

Earlier this week The Revolutionary Guards have been holding their maneuvers code-named the "Great Prophet" . The Iranians announced that they had successfully test-fired a new missile, the Fajr-3, which has the capability to evade radar systems and carry multiple warheads.

This report has been said by senior DOD military figures as a gross exaggeration ..." the missile used in Friday's Iranian test was only a Shahab-2, (pic hauled by a Benz lorry) the Iranian designation for the old short range Scud-C missile, which has a range of only 310 miles. "It was not a new missile as (the) Iranian press reported,"

Analyst Uzi Rubin is reported as saying the Iranian description of the Fajr-3 sounded very much like the new Russian Iskander-3 missile, except for the independent targeting, which the Iskander-3 does not have. In 2003 it was reported that North Korea (DPRK)was importing this missile from Russia via Syria. Israel has Arrow and PAC-3 anti-missile missiles that at least partially neutralize such a threat.

Israel is probably less concerned about the Iskandar than the Russian SA-18 surface to surface missile which Syria is said to have .

Western analysts are equally skeptical about the Iranian claim to have developed a remarkable new underwater torpedo-missile with aircraft carrier-killing capabilities that can travel at four times the speed of current fast torpedoes - the Kowsar

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said. "It's possible that they are increasing their capability and making strides in radar-absorbing materials and technology."

But "the Iranians have also been known to boast and exaggerate their statements about greater technical and tactical capabilities," he said.

StrategyPage.com reported that the weapon was most likely a version of the Russian-built VA-111 Shkval rocket-torpedo. The Shkval is fast, "the Russians have not had any success convincing the world's navy that their rocket propelled torpedo is a real threat," the Web site says.

"The attacking sub has to get relatively close (within 4.2 miles) to use it. Modern anti-submarine tactics focus on preventing subs from getting that close. For that reason, the Russians themselves tout the VA-111 Shkval torpedo as a specialized anti-submarine weapon for Russian subs being stalked by other subs,"

In all this one must remember that after the AIPAC spying scandal the Israeli's are conscious about Pentagon concerns about Israel supplying China with hi-tech defence systems and equipment.

Now why would the DT want to talk up this onon-existent threat to Western Europe .. the Jewish Lobby at work again ? ... Hmmm.. Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semitism etc.,

Readers of the Torygraph with a good memory might recall a story By Anton La Guardia from last year ...

"Israel admitted yesterday that it is buying 500 "bunker-buster" bombs, which could be used to hit Iran's nuclear facilities, as Teheran paraded ballistic missiles as a warning against attack.

The BLU-109 bombs, which can penetrate more than 7ft of reinforced concrete, are among "smart" munitions being sold to Israel under America's military aid programme."

What would they want those for ?