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=== Test Grande Profeta III ===
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On July 8 2008,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/africa/09iran-cnd.php|title=Iran tests missiles amid tension over nuclear program|last=Cowell|first=Alan|authorlink=Alan Cowell|date=2008-07-09|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|accessdate=2008-07-10}}</ref> Iran test fired a non-upgraded version of the Shahab-3 as one of 9 medium- and long-range missiles launched as part of the [[Great Prophet III]] exercise, within a few weeks of a recently concluded military exercise by Israel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/20/america/20iran.php|title=U.S. says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran|last=Gordon|first=Michael R.|authorlink=Michael R. Gordon|coauthors=Schmitt, Eric|date=2008-06-20|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|accessdate=2008-07-10}}</ref> ▼-->
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Other missiles fired include the surface-to-surface [[Fateh-110]] and [[Zelzal]] missiles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/08/jul/1092.html|title=Iran test-fires upgraded Shahab-3 missile|publisher=Payvand|accessdate=2008-07-09|date=2008-07-09}}</ref> [[Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps]] air and naval units conducted these tests in a desert ___location.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/iran-test-fires-shahab-3-long-range-missile_10069433.html|title=Iran test-fires Shahab-3 long-range missile|date=2008-07-09|work=[[RIA Novosti]]|publisher=[[Thaindian News]]|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref>
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Il comandante della Forza Aerea Hossein Salami dichiarava che l'Iran era in grado di rispondere a qualsiasi minaccia militare, affermando "Noi avvertiamo i nemici che voglioni minacciarci con esercitazioni militari e vacue operazioni psicologiche che la nostra mano sarà sempre sul pulsante di lancio ed i nostri missili sempre pronti al lancio". <ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran-missiles-test.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin|title=Iran Test-Fires Missiles, Report Says|date=2008-07-09|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref>
▲OnNel Julyluglio 8del 2008,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/africa/09iran-cnd.php|title=Iran tests missiles amid tension over nuclear program|last=Cowell|first=Alan|authorlink=Alan Cowell|date=2008-07-09|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|accessdate=2008-07-10}}</ref> l'Iran testesegue fireduna aserie non-upgradeddi versionlanci ofdi theprova della versione standard dello Shahab-3 , asassieme onead ofaltri 9nove medium-missili anda long-rangemedio missilese launchedlungo asraggio, partlanciati ofcome theparte [[Greatdell'esercitazione Prophet"Grande Profeta III ]] exercise", withinpoche asettimane fewdipo weeksun ofesercitazione amilitare recentlyisraeliana concluded military exercise by Israel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/20/america/20iran.php|title=U.S. says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran|last=Gordon|first=Michael R.|authorlink=Michael R. Gordon|coauthors=Schmitt, Eric|date=2008-06-20|work=[[International Herald Tribune]]|accessdate=2008-07-10}}</ref> .
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One day later, on [[July 9]] [[2008]], Iran once-again fired a version of the Shahab-3, amongst other missiles, which officials have said has a range of {{convert|1250|mi|km}} and is armed with a 1-ton conventional warhead. These tests were conducted at the [[Strait of Hormuz]], which Iran has threatened to shut down traffic into if it is attacked. Independent national security webblog, ArmsControlWonk.com, analyzed Iranian launch footage and concluded that Iranian claims of testing an upgraded Shahab missile were unfounded.<ref>[http://www.webcitation.org/5ZI026UJg Official: Iran missile tests used 'old equipment'] [[The AP]], [[July 12]], [[2008]]</ref>
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Il test del 8 luglio [[2008]] provocò maggiore indignazione nel mondo, dal momento che i tamburi di guerra venivano suonati da entrambi i lati, a dispetto dei dinieghi. Questi test erano visiti ampiamente come una forma di risposta iraniana ai [[war games]] aerei tenuti da Israele all'inzio del mese. Ali Shirazi, rappresentante delle forze navali delle Guardie della Rivoluzione, minacciò che l'Iran avrebbe "dato fuoco" a Israele ed alla flotta U.S. Navy nel [[Golfo Persico]] come prima risposta a qualasiasi attacco preventivo eseguito dagli [[USA]] o da Israele sul loro programma nucleare. <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.france24.com/en/20080709-defiant-iran-angers-us-with-missile-test-1 |title = France 24 | Defiant Iran angers US with missile test | France 24 |accessdate = 2008-07-11 |date = 9 luglio 2008<!-- - 18:00-->}}</ref>
Durante un visita a [[MalaysiaMalesia]], il [[Presidente dell'Iran]] [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] liquidava la possibilità di un attacco condotto dagli USA o da Israele come "uno scherzo".
Il [[generale]] [[Mohammad Hejazi]], capo del Comando Unificato delle Guardie della [[rivoluzione iraniana]], ha affermato che i test missilistici erano una "misura difensiva contro possibili invasioni." Ha anche detto che l'Iran non avrebbe messo in pericolo gli interessi dei paesi confinanti e vicini.
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