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Pentagon: Video of Iranian Missile Test Is Fake

September 11, 2006 :: Los Angeles Times :: News

U.S. military intelligence has determined that a video released by the Iranian government purporting to show a successful recent test of a submarine-launched missile is in fact fake, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to three Pentagon officials, the plume of smoke from the missile matched a video of an earlier Chinese test. The fake video was released on August 27, broadcast on Iranian state television, and picked up around the world, including by CNN and Fox News. Admiral Sajjad Kouchaki, the top Iranian naval commander, had stated that the weapon, known as Sagheb (“penetrating” or “piercing” in Farsi), was a long-range missile that could be fired from a variety of ships and evade radar. Regional experts speculate that the fake video had been designed to intimidate Iran’s neighbors in the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, which are U.S. allies. (Article)

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