(Fox News) Lucas Tomlinson and Jennifer Griffin - Iran removed a powerful missile from a launchpad east of Tehran within the past few days, Fox News has learned, as U.S. and Iranian officials continued trading public barbs about the Islamic Republic's missile tests. Iran's ballistic program has "expanded dramatically" in the past 10 years, a senior U.S. defense official said. Satellite imagery from Feb. 3, obtained from ImageSat International and verified by U.S. officials, showed Iran preparing a Safir missile for launch. That missile is the type Iran has previously used to put a satellite into space. On Tuesday, Fox News learned that Iran's missile had been removed from the launchpad.
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