Another Iranian Rocket Test, Another Failure?
ChrisB on Aug 18 2008 | Filed under: Chris' Page, Foreign affairs
It’s certainly not unheard of, so was the recent Iranian rocket test really a success? The ever sourced “senior U.S. official” says the rocket wasn’t successful.
Sphere: Related Content“The Iranians did not successfully launch the rocket,” a senior U.S. defense official told CNN Monday.
The two-stage rocket could have been capable of launching a satellite into space, but the U.S. intelligence assessment shows that the second stage “was erratic and out of control,” said the official, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the intelligence.
