Iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States by 2015: Report says.

April 20, 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) - And yet another unclassified US report claims Iran is building missiles capable of striking the United States by the year 2015, Reuters reported.

 

The report by making an analogy assumes Tehran’s progress in the field of nuclear technology would in less than five years lead to building long-range intercontinental missiles. ‘With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States by 2015,’ the report said.

 

It also mentioned Iran was supporting insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan,  citing a recently discovered caches of Iranian made weapons including 107 mm rockets used by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The report said Tehran has refurbished missiles for the Hezbollah in Lebanon to a point that it is now capable of targeting all parts of Israel.

 

United States and its strategic ally Israel allege Iran’s nuclear program poses a danger to the entire world. Ironically, the US is really the only country in history that has ever used nuclear strikes on other people and Israel is the first non-NPT state that continues to stockpile hundreds of nuclear warheads in secret since 1950’s.