In a news article that I just read I discovered that Iran is claiming to be able to launch satellites into space for its friendly muslim neighbors.
Iran said on Monday it was ready to help fellow Muslim states launch satellites into orbit after it successfully put a dummy satellite into orbit -- a move that may increase Western suspicions over its atomic ambitions.
Iran said on Sunday it had put the home-grown dummy satellite into orbit on a domestically made rocket for the first time. The long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into space can also be used for launching weapons.
No need to worry, though. Iran has no intention of doing that. Nooooooooo.
Now I wonder where a backwards-thinking country like Iran managed to get such technology? The list of possibilities is pretty short.
Western experts say Iran rarely provides enough details for them to determine the extent of its technological advances, but that much Iranian technology consists of modifications of equipment supplied by China, North Korea and other countries.
I am so hoping that I don't have a reason to say, "I told you so."
UPDATE: August 20, 2008
Apparently the Iranian launch was more of a lurch.
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