Iran developing massive launch site...with North Korean help?

[OnePimpTiger]

Iran developing massive launch site

Iran is building a new rocket launch site with North Korean assistance, Israel Radio quoted IHS Jane’s as reporting overnight Friday.

The new launcher, constructed near an existing rocket base in the Semnan province east of Teheran, is visible in satellite imagery, according to the report.

The defense intelligence group said the appearance of the launcher suggests assistance from North Korea, and that it may be intended to launch the Simorgh, a long-range Iranian-made missile unveiled in early February and officially intended to be used as a space-launch vehicle (SLV). SLV’s can be converted to be used as long-range ballistic missiles for military purposes.

Both the missile and the launch pad, which according to Jane’s is large enough to accommodate it, point to cooperation from Pyongyang.

Tal Inbar, head of the Space Research Center at the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, said shortly after the unveiling of the Simorgh that the rocket is a worrisome development since the missile could one day be adapted into an ICBM, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

They're working on and achieving uranium enrichment capable of producing a nuclear reaction, just a small step from weapons grade. They've developed a long-range rocket that can easily be converted into an ICBM. They're building a new massive launch site for this rocket. Indications are that North Korea is aiding them in this process. Everything is easily adding up except for the UN and US response.

[jobes23]

What I would love for our UN delegate do is stand up in front of the entire UN turn to Iran, N.K., and who ever and say go ahead build your nukes...We have more and then sit back done.