(AFP) – Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced on Friday that Iran has test fired a surface-to-surface missile, Qiam, a day before it is due to launch its Russian-built first nuclear power plant. State television showed images of the sand coloured Qiam (Rising) blasting into the air from a desert terrain, amid chants of "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest). The words "Ya Mahdi" were written on the side of the missile, referring to Imam Mahdi, one of the 12 imams of Shiite Islam, who disappeared as a boy and whom the faithful believe will return one day to bring redemption to mankind. Vahidi, whose speech during Friday prayers in Tehran was broadcast on television, did not say when the launch took place nor did he reveal the precise range of the missile >>>
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Thank you, Hoshang. Go, Go,Go!
by ComraidsConcubine on Sat Aug 21, 2010 09:15 AM PDTThank you for your posts (in general). 'Had attempted cybersuicide because of all the....petrifying tosh ( I used to love Tosh). Unfortunately resurrected.
I so hope that you are right, I mean New Left (Review*) , and judging by your other posts - and facts, I love - I think you may well be...
Some ideas are so stupid that only an intellectual could believe them. - Orwell
*What's Tariq Ali doing there?
Mr/Mrs no fear: as you mentioned "legs spread wide"......
by yousef on Sat Aug 21, 2010 08:21 AM PDTCan you share your experience of gaining green card/passport, in your current country of abode in the kafir west? so long as it is not too explicit. It would be extremely useful info for scores of like minded bassijis looking for means of scaping Iran and settling in Kafir west, before things get too hot back in Iran:)
Lectures on "patriotism"
by AMIR1973 on Sat Aug 21, 2010 07:44 AM PDTLectures on "patriotism" coming from West-residing Groupies of an anti-Iranian, anti-nationalist, anti-democratic, and anti-Western terrorist regime aren't worth one Rial (and we know what has happened to the Rial's value since 1979 :-)
Cheers, O IRI Groupies .-)
ALAKI QIAM
by maziar 58 on Sat Aug 21, 2010 06:51 AM PDTinstead of waste of Iranian money toward feeding the Iranians for a better standard of living pointing toy rocket to SAMAVAT will land nowhere ; the martians are friend and no one lives in the moon.
SARGORD & NO FEAR I'm not anti Iran or what not
I do not "put Watermellon under their arms"if the terms means any thing close to dare and chicken games in english.
Iranians "needs NO MORE war" CAPISCE ?
P.S IRANIAN'S ACHIEVMENTS HAS NO ROOTS IN KORAN OR THE qUM iNSTITUTE AL-TECHNOLOGY. Maziar
Sargord,
by No Fear on Sat Aug 21, 2010 03:14 AM PDTDon't waste your time with these Anti Iran cheerleaders with their legs spread as wide as the distance between US and our Meehan. Their love for Iran must be somewhere in the middle, its not in their hearts. lol
It seems this missile is a prototype. Its a very strange one. While it points to major improvements in guidance systems, it seemed it went a step backward for choosing the liquid fuel for the engine.
But then again, as you pointed out, maybe they are working on a new fuel mixture.
But why invest in liquid fuels when they already have the know hows on how to make solid fuel engines?
Funny, COP. :) To answer
by Sargord Pirouz on Sat Aug 21, 2010 01:57 AM PDTFunny, COP. :)
To answer your questions, one of the available photos provides technicians prepping the SSM while erect on the TEL. Using that as a reference, scale and size can be determined.
Also, the color of the rocket engine's flame suggests a different mixture is being used.
The fact that there aren't any fins (Vector Thrust Stabilization instead of Aerodynamic Stabilization) suggests a better fit with the Simorgh SLV project's lower stage.
You know, I realize you guys' only interest here is to knock the country you cut and ran from many years ago. But if you do have serious technical questions, I will answer them to the best of my ability. I only wish you had something informative or substantive to offer, other than the usual mundane anti-Iran cheerleading.
Ahmad Vahidi, this little
by Arthimis on Sat Aug 21, 2010 01:42 AM PDTAhmad Vahidi, this little punk is I.R.'s defense minister??? What a joke... In az hamashoon khali-band tareh... Aslan nemidoneh mooshak chieh... Ajab Khali-bandieh... LOL :D
PS, Tanha Ghiami keh khahid deed monfajer misheh, Ghiam Melat Bozorg Iran bar zede Jomhori Eslami khahad bood, Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock, we are waiting...
Free Iran.
Cyclicforward
by Arthimis on Sat Aug 21, 2010 01:32 AM PDTCyclicforward jaan,
Funniest comment... LOL :D
Az ghadeem o nadeem goftand: " Khali-bandan dar jahan sanaat-garand..." and this one is a very dillusional and backwarded one like his Idol, The miserable I.R and Co.... LOL.
Sargoosfand (LOL) is a lost soul...
Where did you get all that information sargoosfand
by cyclicforward on Sat Aug 21, 2010 01:12 AM PDTJust by looking at this antique you can make such a detailed comment. What are you a rocket scientist or as usual a Khaliband.
victory
by mehrdadm on Fri Aug 20, 2010 06:14 PM PDT//online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703579804575441763788610680.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Thanks Mehrdadm. I'm looking
by Sargord Pirouz on Fri Aug 20, 2010 02:04 PM PDTThanks Mehrdadm.
I'm looking at this, and have two observations:
1) It is a more compact design than the Shahab series.
2) It appears to be a more efficient design to, say, attach to the Simorgh SLV/arrangement. That could represent a "Qiam" moment in Iranian rocket design.
Incredible, these technological advances, all the while being the target of economic warfare (sanctions) by the US and West.
With "Ya Mahdi" in its front, did it land in Jamkaran ?
by Mardom Mazloom on Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:21 AM PDTچو ایران نباشد، تن من مباد
Amen !!!
by Dariush A on Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:13 AM PDTAmen !!!
Well said Hoshang!
by Agha_Irani on Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:07 AM PDTI hate these islamist low lifes polluting IC with their garbage propaganda.
I look forward to the end of the islamist regime so at least this and other sites are freed from the propaganda when the intelligence ministry won't be funding their "soft war" efforts.
...
by Red Wine on Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:59 AM PDTهوشنگ جان، خودت را ناراحت نکن،اینها حتی فارسی هم بلد نیستند بخوانند،ایرانی نیستند که پارس زبان باشند !
اینها چند نفر هستند که خوش مقامند در جای تلخک و زهرک ، قاعده دیگر جز این برای شخصی که خود نوکر باشد ..نیست !
خدا شما را برای ما حفظ کنند.
I agree.
by Dariush A on Fri Aug 20, 2010 09:33 AM PDTI agree.
To IRI
by Hoshang Targol on Fri Aug 20, 2010 08:14 AM PDTIranian people's Qiam against you thugs has been under way for a while now. If you didn't have you head up your ( you know what), you might have noticed it.
Your days are numbered, enjoy your last ( death pangs) days.
In the name of brave,undefeated Iranian people. Our march towards freedom is unstoppable.
Yousef
by revor on Fri Aug 20, 2010 07:57 AM PDTThose planes filled with money? US Dollars?
Hmmmmm
I can see almost his ugly face peeking from his hell hole
by عموجان on Fri Aug 20, 2010 07:52 AM PDTEmam Zaman!
A friendly advice....
by yousef on Fri Aug 20, 2010 07:52 AM PDTto the agents of islamist regime of Iran here.
Are you guys really as crazy as you sound?
Dont make these stupid comments. Do you want to get deported from US, canada, Europe back to South Lebanon? Consider yourself as lucky to be here. i was back in Iran about 4 months ago, and I can tell you all the bassijis would love to be in your shoes, having a house in west, plus a Gas station or Kebab business. As for your Arch paymaster, Khalifa Khamene and his vazir ahmadinezhadi, Both have money laden plane on standbye to scape Iran to Syria in case US or Israel attack.
Now be good boys and girls, and dont forget your daily doses prozacs either.
To me
by revor on Fri Aug 20, 2010 07:36 AM PDTIt seems that it is a modified Shahab 2 but the guidance section is rather small... So it could be a Modified SCUD C
More Missle types than missles? is that possible?
Hmmmmm
part 2
by mehrdadm on Fri Aug 20, 2010 07:31 AM PDT//www.youtube.com/watch?v=35jUIAM92u8
There's a second video that
by Sargord Pirouz on Fri Aug 20, 2010 07:13 AM PDTThere's a second video that shows the actual impact of the Qiam-1 SRBM.
Upgraded Fateh type SRBM is also slated for tests.
An interesting development that will certainly enhance Iran's defense doctrine based on deterrence. You have to hand it to them: Iranian rocket scientists and engineers continue to impress with their many ongoing achievements.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaawwwwwww
by IRI on Fri Aug 20, 2010 07:03 AM PDTdeh biya. I mean in the name of God.