Iran "does a CNN" missile launch

Iranian state television released fake video footage Friday claiming they launched a new type of medium-range ballistic missile. The video came just hours after an Iranian military parade displayed the fake in Tehran.

They may have gotten the idea from watching CNN, according to my source, Vinny Boombots. 

There never was a launch and Iran told an Islamic fib.

It turns out, the video was over seven months old of a failed launch in late January. That missile exploded shortly after liftoff, according to U.S. officials.

President Trump initially responded to the reported launch in a Saturday tweet: "Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel. They are also working with North Korea. Not much of an agreement we have!"

"Uh oh"

From this tweet, it's obvious President Trump would do well to have a proof reader and an editor before he hits "Send." But that's just me being a grammar and spelling nazi. 

The 'make believe' launch came after Trump spoke before world leaders at the UN General Assembly. He called the Iran nuclear agreement and 'embarrassment" to the United States [as was Barack Obama].

"We cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilizing activities while building dangerous missiles, and we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program," Mr. Trump said.

Trump told reporters afterward that he made up his mind about the nuclear deal but wouldn't say whether he would pull the U.S.A. out of the deal with Iran because he probably has no idea what he's going to do.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also tossed the bull at the UN a day after Trump spoke, and said that Iran's missile program was "solely defensive" in nature.

Brian Williams, the MSNBC host of "The Eleventh Hour with Brian Williams" concurred with Rouhani saying, "I've been there, done that, and Rouhani is a solid guy who would never lie to the American people."

"We never threaten anyone," Rouhani said, not counting Israel in his statement, "but we do not tolerate threats from anyone."

But they like to threaten infidels whenever they have the opportunity and unprovoked by us, have boarded our naval vessels and have taken our sailors captive, so Rouhani can claim what he likes, but he's just "doing a CNN" and nobody here believes him. 

Calling for "Death to America," and "Death to Israel" is an overt threat and Rouhani and his ilk can go to hell.

So after the footage of Iran's launch was aired, they claimed a successful test, but apparently, it was the failed January launch. [Can I get a big LOL.] They were trying to launch its new Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile for its maiden run. It flew about 600 miles and blew up into tiny smithereens in a failed test of its reentry vehicle.

Iran's new medium-range missile is a knockoff of a North Korean design--the Pyongyang's BM-25 Musudan ballistic missile. It has a range of 2,500 miles, so it can reach U.S. forces in the Middle East and Israel, if they can get their act together and resolve the missile's problems. [Personally, I believe they should remove the picture of Kim Jong Un from the nosecone.]

"The very first missiles we saw in Iran were simply copies of North Korean missiles," Jeffrey Lewis said. While no relation to the later Jerry Lewis, he is a missile proliferation expert at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. "Over the years, we've seen photographs of North Korean and Iranian officials in each other's countries, and we've seen all kinds of common hardware."

Last weekend, Iranian General Amir Ali Hajizadeh claimed the missile only had a range of 2,000 kilometers [1,250 miles]. He also claimed that it's easy to pronounce his name.

"The Khoramshahr missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers and can carry multiple warheads," Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying. Hajizadeh is the Revolutionary Guards aerospace chief.

One U.S. official who declined to be identified because he or she wasn't authorized to leak his or her thoughts, told Vinny Boombots, "I am not sure why the Iranians are lying about the range. I think they don't want to piss the Europeans off."

According to experts, Iran has the largest arsenal of ballistic missiles in the Middle East--over 1,000 short- and medium-range ballistic missiles. Since 2015, they have conducted over 20 missile tests.

So, with North Korea apparently partnering with Iran, the free world needs to watch them both very carefully.


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