Proud to lead this mission which will be in #ZNPP later this week." "We must protect the safety and security of #Ukraine's and Europe's biggest nuclear facility. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in a post on Twitter that the "day has come" and a team of IAEA experts was "now on its way" to the nuclear power plant, which Russian invading forces have controlled since shortly after the Russian invasion began on February 24. It was not immediately clear if the team would be allowed access to the nuclear site by occupying Russian forces. Ukraine Claims Breakthroughs Made Against Russian Forces In Southern Offensive He says at last count, Iran was believed to have some 30 to 50 of the missiles. A city could be targeted, but not specific buildings. Richardson says the Shahab-3 has an accuracy range no better than around 2.5 kilometers, meaning it cannot be used against moving targets like U.S. "And so if you wanted an idea of destructive power, the historical record of the V-2 attacks on London would give you a good idea." "You can use conventional high explosives, which would put it - very ballpark - in the performance of the German V-2 rockets that were fired at London during ," Richardson said. With a conventional payload, Richardson says the destructive power of a Shahab-3 missile would be comparable to what the Germans were using during their nightly rocket blitz of London six decades ago. intelligence estimate indicates Iran stopped working on its nuclear warhead program years ago. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Iran’s development of ballistic missiles was a "violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and completely inconsistent with Iran's obligations to the world."ĭoug Richardson, editor of "Jane’s Missiles and Rockets" magazine, says that amid the escalating rhetoric on both sides, it’s important to remember that Iran’s missile program remains fairly rudimentary, when judged against its Western counterparts. The United States immediately condemned the missile tests. fleet in the Persian Gulf with its missiles if it was attacked over its nuclear program. On July 8, an aide to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tehran would target Tel Aviv and the U.S. Iran continues to reject calls by the United States and European powers to halt its uranium enrichment program, which it says is solely for civilian purposes. They come at a time of heightened tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and just weeks after Israel held its own naval war games. The missile tests were part of Iran’s “Great Prophet III” war games by the missile and naval sections of the Revolutionary Guards, which Tehran says are aimed at improving combat readiness. State-run Press TV said the missiles were fired by a unit of the elite Revolutionary Guards from an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert and included a Shahab-3 missile, with a 2,000-kilometer range, which was carrying a conventional warhead weighing one ton. Iran says it has test fired nine long- and medium-range missiles "in response to threats coming from the United States and Israel."
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