Iran's "Space Monkey" Means Trans-Atlantic Launch Capability

(Jerusalem Post) Ben Hartman - After Iran's announcement on Monday that it had successfully launched a monkey into space, IDF Brig.-Gen. (res.) Asaf Agmon told the Ilan Ramon International Space Conference in Herzliya on Tuesday: "[Iran's] space program is connected to their missile program and the science you need to launch a monkey into space is the same that you need to send a warhead over the Atlantic Ocean." Agmon is CEO of Israel's Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies.


2013-01-30 00:00:00

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