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So after all the media's praise and support of the
Obama administration's "deal" with Iran, how is it looking?
Well, thus far its proven to actually be far worse than even we had
anticipated. Earlier this week the Iranian regime unveiled a new underground
missile depot showing Emad precision-guided missiles in store that
the Obama administration admitted can carry a nuclear warhead.
Interesting timing with the effort to dismantle the sanctions against
the regime, yes? This isn't the first time we've seen the Emad make
the news. In fact, we had previously written about this weapon system
in our October 11 piece titled, "More on that 'Wonderful' Iran
Deal Pres. Obama Made w/Khameini." The big takeaway from our
October 11 article is that the Emad has a maneuvering reentry vehicle
that improves system accuracy, making it harder to defend against.
The missile has a range of 1,700km (1,056 miles) and is accurate
within 500m (or 1,640ft) of a target. The Emad can also carry a 1,653
lbs payload and is scheduled for deployment sometime next year.
Source: Jon McNaughton
As we've stated in previous articles, Iran's nuclear
weapons and ballistic missile programs involve a great deal of
collaborative work with the DPRK. In "More on that 'Wonderful'
Iran Deal Pres. Obama Made w/Khameini," we stated that the
October test launch of the Emad missile was directly linked to the
DPRK's KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile as both represent the
fruit of the two rogue regimes' collaborative efforts. We also said
that a test launch of the KN-08 would likely occur sometime in the
near future. We stand by that assessment, which has been strengthened
by a recent article by The Daily Beast that says the following:
He said it remained
possible that Pyongyang had developed a one-stage thermonuclear
device capable of inflicting far more damage than an A-bomb, or they
could simply “be bluffing” and attempting to pass off another A-bomb
test as a breakthrough.
In any event, a
simple fission detonation is also bad news, especially if North Korea
used the opportunity to develop a miniaturized warhead. In April, the
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) chief Admiral
William Gortney said North Korea could target America’s West Coast
with its mobile KN-08 missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead. The
KN-08 is a special threat because it can hide and shoot, which means
it is hard to destroy on the ground. The KN-08 is a relatively small
missile, which means the North needs to develop a light-weight
warhead.
It appears a
missile launch is coming soon. As Bruce Bechtol Jr., author of North
Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-un Era, has pointed out,
North Korean nuke and missile tests come in pairs. “We have seen
nuclear tests conducted within a very short time frame—either before
or after—long-range ballistic missile tests,” he told The Daily Beast
after today’s detonation.
Although we question the DPRK's ability to create an
H-Bomb (although we could be wrong - it happens from time to time),
the KN-08 is very real and so is the joint-program to advance Kim
Jong Un and Ayatollah Khameini's nuclear strike ambitions. The
reasons for this is simple - to circumvent sanctions against the two
regimes and collaborate to overcome deficiencies in each other's
research and development. Another reason is to chip away at American
influence by offering under-the-table-deals with select countries
(China, Russia) while courting Western companies based in countries
such as Norway, France and Germany. (For more info check out
"How The North Korean Regime Affects The Middle East,"
"Obama’s Legacy and the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program,"
"The Persian Hustle: Iran Dupes Clueless US State Dept in Nuke
Talks and Moves to Dominate the Middle East" and "Iran’s
Nuclear Weapons Program and the Failure of Obama’s“Hope and Change
Foreign Policy”)
Adding insult to injury is the fact that Parliament
speaker Ali Larijani - former IRGC commander and Secretary of the
Supreme National Security Council - was the guy who inaugurated the
underground missile depot housing the Emads that was recently revealed.
Why is this important? Because as Secretary of the Supreme National
Security Council, Larijani drew up the nuclear weapons and ballistic
missile policies - the driving force of the regime's quest for a
nuclear strike capability. Rather interesting background for a guy
who was so heavily involved in negotiations with the US over the
years, yes? The Obama administration stated that it will
"respond" to any Emad tests the regime carries out with
fresh sanctions. Given how much this administration thought out the
ramifications of their "crowning foreign policy
achievement," wouldn't hold our breath waiting for them to
actually do anything of substance. Unfortunately, the entire region
becomes much more unstable in the process - and that means more American
lives are in danger because of it. Sleep tight.
For further details also check out:
Study Group Writer | January
7, 2016 at 12:35 am | Tags: Ayatollah Khameini, DPRK, Emad Missile, Iran, Iranian Regime, Kim Jong Un, KN-08, Nuclear Weapons Program, Obama Administration, sanctions | Categories: Timeline | URL: http://wp.me/p4QNrJ-2CK
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