The Nuclear Iran Situation

[BugI02]

If I remember correctly , I think it takes something like 26-27 minutes for an ICBM to get here from Russia . Let's hope they don't have " god rod " weapons ..

If you're talking Russia as the adversary, 6 to 8 minutes for depressed trajectory SLBM depending on launch point and target.

 

[actaeon277]

If you're talking Russia as the adversary, 6 to 8 minutes for depressed trajectory SLBM depending on launch point and target.

Just enough time to bend over.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Iran Nuclear Deal: Samantha Power says Iran is violating U.N. Security Council resolutions - POLITICO

what
no

that's impossible

 

[KG1]

Iran Nuclear Deal: Samantha Power says Iran is violating U.N. Security Council resolutions - POLITICO

what
no

that's impossible

That's okay. I'm sure they'll impose sanctions on themselves.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

U.S. confirms Iran tested nuclear-capable ballistic missile | Reuters

 

[ghitch75]

Obama puts nuclear deal into effect, but Iran still likely months away from sanction relief | Fox News

 

[T.Lex]

Russia to provide Iran with S-300 air defence missiles - BBC News

Russia has signed a contract to supply Iran with sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missiles.

Assuming it will be the land-based.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-300_(missile)

This is a pretty advanced SAM.

 

[mrjarrell]

Russia to provide Iran with S-300 air defence missiles - BBC News



Assuming it will be the land-based.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-300_(missile)

This is a pretty advanced SAM.

Can't see why they shouldn't have it. It's a purely defensive weapon.

 

[T.Lex]

With a range of ~100 mi., "purely" is a strong word.

By nature, SAMs are generally defensive. I'll give you that. But with a range like that, it becomes easier to reach out and touch someone that isn't anywhere near defensive airspace.

 

[mrjarrell]

True, but Iran is a big country. 100 miles may not be too much range for them if they put the missiles across the country. And, if a war were to break out, (say, if republicans got their wish and attacked them) that range would be necessary. Not saying they couldn't use them for nefarious purposes, but it seems unlikely, given their history.

 

[KG1]

Why should'nt a pacifistic nation like Iran have the means to defend itself against imperialist republican aggressors?

 

[mrjarrell]

Why, indeed? Every nation should have the ability to defend itself from aggressors.

 

[pudly]

Why, indeed? Every nation should have the ability to defend itself from aggressors.

Lets be honest. You mean especially ones that are enemies of America, right mrjarrell?

 

[printcraft]

Why should'nt a pacifistic nation like Iran have the means to defend itself against imperialist republican aggressors?

I think Gandhi was from Iran......

 

[KG1]

I think Gandhi was from Iran......

Yes he was. Alot of people don't know that.

 

[mrjarrell]

Lets be honest. You mean especially ones that are enemies of America, right mrjarrell?

Every nation should have the ability to defend itself from aggressors.

You need to stop drinking so early in the day. Once again, you're reading things that aren't there and making spurious accusations. Pretty much the norm, though.

 

[Thor]

I guess we'll just have to nuke them to stay outside those SAM rings. Persian glass anyone?

I don't think we should give our enemies any advantage we don't need to, doing so willingly is the act of a fool. Eliminating our ability to have a reasonable conventional response means we'll just have to go one up. The lunatic theocracy is not a rational actor.

 

[Jludo]

Lets be honest. You mean especially ones that are enemies of America, right mrjarrell?

Exactly, you disagree with me, you hate America right?

 

[Thor]

It seems a lot of people hate the idea of America, ordered liberty, personal responsibility, personal initiative. A lot of folks seem to think America is the dirt we stand on not the ideas we defend. If America is just what's on the map...so what? Big deal. Give me my government stuff! Let me smoke my dope and surf the internwebz/ play games, whatever. That's not the idea of America, though it may be its future...or what's left of it's future before the inevitable dictatorship sets in. Because that's how it has always ended in history.

Rome continued the fallacy of a Republic for 200 years after the tyranny had set in.

 

[Jludo]

It seems a lot of people hate the idea of America, ordered liberty, personal responsibility, personal initiative. A lot of folks seem to think America is the dirt we stand on not the ideas we defend. If America is just what's on the map...so what? Big deal. Give me my government stuff! Let me smoke my dope and surf the internwebz/ play games, whatever. That's not the idea of America, though it may be its future...or what's left of it's future before the inevitable dictatorship sets in. Because that's how it has always ended in history.

Rome continued the fallacy of a Republic for 200 years after the tyranny had set in.

That's what I'm saying, you have the liberty to say and do things I agree with and only if it holds to my traditional values.