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    Iran missile test has message for US, Israel
    (Agencies)
    Updated: 2008-07-10 16:11

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran test-fired nine missiles Wednesday, including ones capable of hitting Israel, making a dramatic show of its readiness to strike back if the United States or Israel attacks it over its nuclear program.

    The launches sparked strong US criticism and a jump in oil prices -- underlining fears Iran might seal off the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf waterway through which 40 percent of the world's crude passes, if military conflict does break out.

    In a handout picture released on the website of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, four missiles rise into the air after being test-fired at an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert.[Agencies]  

    The tests of the long- and medium-range missiles did not appear to mark a significant advance in Iran's missile capability -- similar ones have been tested previously. But the timing and location were clearly aimed to send a message, coming as Iran has sharply stepped up the tone of its warnings of retaliation if attacked. This week, a top official of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Ali Shirazi, warned Tel Aviv would be "set on fire" in any Iranian retaliation.

    The tests took place amid a military exercise that Iran has been conducting in the Hormuz strait, where Tehran has threatened to block oil traffic in response to any US or Israeli military action.

    Iran has long warned it would strike back for any attack against it. But it has sharpened its rhetoric since Israel's military sent warplanes over the eastern Mediterranean in June for a large military exercise that US officials described as a possible rehearsal for a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

    Gen. Hossein Salami, the Revolutionary Guards air force commander, said Iran's war games this week -- code-named "Noble Prophet" -- "demonstrate our resolve and might against enemies who in recent weeks have threatened Iran with harsh language," state TV reported.

    "Hundreds and maybe thousands of missiles are ready to be fired at specified targets," he said. "A small part of our defense options was put on display for the world today. Our real reaction against enemy threats will be quicker and stronger."

    The West needs to "assess Iran's might accurately," he added.

    State TV aired footage of at least six missiles being fired simultaneously, and said the barrage included a new version of the Shahab-3 missile, which officials have said has a range of 1,250 miles and is armed with a 1-ton conventional warhead. That would put Israel, Turkey, the Arabian peninsula, Afghanistan and Pakistan within striking distance. The TV report did not say whether the test took place near the Hormuz strait.

    The US Defense Department said it was studying the test to determine exactly what was launched and what it shows about Tehran's missile capabilities.

    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Wednesday's tests "evidence that the missile threat is not an imaginary one."

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