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Saturday, February 04, 2012

Iran Missile Threat Fears Grow with New Satellite Launch


Iran has launched a satellite into orbit, raising concern over its military ambitions.

The satellite, Navid, or Gospel, was sent into space to collect data on weather conditions and monitor for natural disasters, the state news agency IRNA reported.

This is the third small satellite that Iran has launched in recent years and many Western leaders are wary of the country's space programme, because the same technology used to launch satellites can be used to fire warheads.

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