Looks like the war with Iran is cooking off

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interesting sidenote


https://web.archive.org/web/200803150131...511c8.html

Ukraine admits exporting missiles to Iran and China
By Tom Warner in Kiev
Published: March 18 2005 02:00 | Last updated: March 18 2005 02:00

Ukraine has admitted that it exported 12 cruise missiles to Iran and six to China amid mounting pressure from other countries to explain how the sales occurred.
Svyatoslav Piskun, Ukraine's prosecutor-general, told the FT that 18 X-55 cruise missiles, also known as Kh-55s or AS-15s, were exported in 2001. None of the missiles was exported with the nuclear warheads they were designed to carry. However, Japan and the US say they are worried by what appears to have been a significant leak of technology from the former Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal.

The X-55 has a range of 3,000 km, enough to put Japan within striking range of the Asian continent or to reach Israel from Iran.
The US embassy in Kiev said it was "closely monitoring" the investigation. The US is critical of European diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons.
Japan fears it could be vulnerable to a nuclear strike from the Asian mainland if the Ukrainian missiles fall into Korean hands

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First launch from Iran at central Israel in about 10 hours. Looks like it was one missile, intercepted.

Looks like Iranian firepower is in serious decline by now.