[FPSPACE] Iran successfully tests first solid-liquid (?) fuel missele

[M.Wade@iaea.org]

Tehran, Sept. 21, IRNA - Iran Thursday successfully tested Shahab-3D, its
first solid-liquid fuel missle which, according to Defense Minister
Vice-Admiral Ali Shamkhani, will have no military applications. 

The missile, manufactured by the country's Aerospace Industries Authority,
is an interlude to related technology for building missiles that launch
information and communication satellites. 

The Iranian Defense Minister said that Iran's defense industries do not aim
at manufacturing offensive weapons, and that its products do not pose any
threat to any other country.


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Mark Wade
m.wade@iaea.org