During Iran’s recent “Holy Prophet War Games”, which commenced last year on March 31, 2006, Iran revealed the Fajr-3, a ballistic missile that has MIRV capabilities. MIRV is short for Multiple-Launched Independently Targeted Reentry Vehicle, which basically means that the ballistic missile carries several warheads that can each attack a different target upon reentry into the atmosphere. This news represents the potential of an extreme scenario, assuming that Iran does acquire nuclear weapons, it actually could render a close neighbor, close because the Fajr-3 is only a medium range missile, “wiped off the map”. This picture displays the reentry of an American Peacekeeper ICBM, which can carry many more warheads than the Fajr-3, which can only carry 3, yet it illustrates the destructive potential of just 1 MIRV missile in the hands of a nuclear power. Each streak from the sky represents a nuclear warhead that has been assigned its own target, a bleak scenario for whomever this weapon is targeted upon. Likewise, Iran has claimed that it’s Fajr-3 is undetectable by radar, implying that an anti-missile defense system would be unable to locate the missile. The west has speculated that this claim is likely a bluff, because the Aegis radar system is capable of detecting missiles the second they are launched.

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no doubt Irans current leaders have a sinister desire for aquiring such missles and their payloads, but this will certainly encourage an arms race with their neighbors who are aleady building up their defences. it be good to develope a missle sheild in hte middle east to protect our allies in the region
Posted on March 13th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
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