: Iran launches its first military satellite, Washington says it will hold Tehran ‘accountable’ #IndiaNEWS Iran’s paramilitary force Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Wednesday launched its first

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Iran launches its first military satellite, Washington says it will hold Tehran ‘accountable’ #IndiaNEWS
Iran’s paramilitary force Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Wednesday launched its first military satellite into space, revealing a secret military space programme, attracting immediate criticism from the United States, AP reported. The Guard said it put the satellite, named “Noor�, into a low orbit circling the Earth using a mobile launcher at a new launch site.The Guard said the three-stage satellite took off from Iran’s Central Desert. The paramilitary force said it used a “Qased�, or Messenger, satellite carrier to put the device into space. The force said the system used both liquid and solid fuel. “The successful launch of the satellite promoted new dimensions of the defense power of the Islamic Republic of Iran,� said the guard’s commander Hossein Salami, according to the Tehran Times. He called it a “strategic achievement� for the country. Salami said the country now has advanced space technology. “Today access and using space is not a choice but an unavoidable necessity and we must also find our place in the space,� IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said. “Only superpowers have this capability and others are just consumers of this technology.�The launch of the satellite evoked strong criticism from the United States. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the American...Read more

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