[FPSPACE] latest on Iranian launch: US officials state "Event Didn't Happen"

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>From Agency France Presse:

 

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"We have no indication that that's true," a US defense official told AFP,
speaking on condition of anonymity. "Nothing we've come up with would
indicate that's happened."

The official said it was highly unlikely that such a space shot would have
gone undetected by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which
monitors missile launches worldwide.

"Even our training launches are recorded," the official said. "There was
nothing on this one."

"The intelligence assessments points to that the event didn't happen," the
official said.