I found this on CBS News:
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(CBS/AP) Iran's successful test of a nuclear-capable missile demonstrates its "very active and aggressive military program" that is worrisome to the world, the State Department said Friday.
The announcement in Tehran said the missile's range would depend on the weight of its warhead. Iran's air force chief, Gen. Hossein Salami, said independently guided payloads could hit several targets simultaneously.
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here is another one I can't find an exact, but a general URL was provided. I got it off a blogging site:
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Iran now has ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, according to military experts.
While Tehran denies it is trying to develop a nuclear arsenal, ballistic missile experts advising the United States say it has succeeded in reconfiguring the Shahab-3 ballistic missile to carry nuclear weapons, the London Telegraph reports.
"This is a major breakthrough for the Iranians," said a senior U.S. official, according to the London paper. "They have been trying to do this for years and now they have succeeded. It is a very disturbing development."
Recent test firings of the Shahab-3 by military experts show Iran has been able to modify the nose cone to carry a basic nuclear bomb, the experts conclude.
In November, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened to "wipe Israel off the map." Iran has declared war on Israel whether we recognize it or not. In December, Israeli officials said then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had instructed the Israeli Defense Forces to prepare for a possible military strike against Iran.
Posted: April 7, 2006
2:08 p.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
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one question I have is, why develop a missile that can carry a nuke if you don't want to put a nuke on it and use it?