Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space, the Fars news agency reported on Monday, lauding it as an advance in a missile and space programme that has alarmed the West and Israel.
There was no independent confirmation of the report and there have been no announcements by Western powers of any Iranian launch late last week.
Fars said the monkey was launched into space on a Kavoshgar rocket. The rocket reached a height of more than 120 kilometres and “returned its shipment intact”, Fars reported.
Iran announced plans in 2011 to send a monkey into space, but that attempt was reported to have failed.
Western countries are concerned the long-range ballistic technology used to propel Iranian satellites into orbit could be used to launch atomic warheads. Tehran denies such suggestions and says its nuclear work is purely peaceful.
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11 Responses
Armidinjad?
Great photoshop job!
lol
Very impressive. Only a handful of countries have launced an ICBM (and any rockets that can make it to orbit is by definition usable as an ICBM). Of course, having the ability to attack American cities increases the liklihood of the US attacking them. Note that such a long range missle is largely worthless against neighbors.
“PRIMATE Minister Ahmadinejad returned to work the following morning.” 😉
#3: If they launched a monkey (possible), and it was a successful launch (unlikely), it was a suborbital mission. It’s a bit of a stretch (especially for guidance and control) to claim ICBM or orbital capabilities from a simple suborbital shot.
Nice photo of achmadinejad’s mother.
Of course, you wouldn’t post a photo of achmadinejad’s father because pigs are treif.
What’s the purpose of any picture that’s not a missle for this article? As a ruler of an enemy country, doesn’t he deserve any respect? Did this picture get mixed up with an early Purim article?
#7: “As a ruler of an enemy country, doesn’t he deserve any respect?”
Um, no.
In the original Fars news agency piece, they had a picture of a Jew.
The animal in the photo appears to be a chimpanzee, not a monkey and is therefore irrelevant to the article.
And, No. 6, are you implying that monkeys are kosher? If so, where do you shop?
Anyone know a barber in tehran 4 ahmadini? (maybe he could by mistake get his neck)