Iran test long range missle after Obama drops missile defense

BBC:

Iran has test-fired its long-range Shahab-3 missile, the country's state TV has reported.

The launch comes one day after the elite Revolutionary Guards test-fired short and medium range missiles.

The Shahab-3 has a range of up to 2,000km (1,240 miles), potentially putting Israel and American bases in the Gulf within range, analysts say.

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The rationale for dropping the European missile shield was that Iran was not concentrating on long range missiles. Granted, this is not and ICBM, but it does point toward their ambitions. If it could hit Israel, it could hit parts of Eastern Europe. Will we be basing the Aegis missile defense ships in the Black Sea soon?

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