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Tehran Tests the U.S. with Another Ballistic Missile Launch

(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Iran's test last weekend of another ballistic missile is its twelfth since it signed the nuclear deal with the U.S. in 2015. John Kerry, then Secretary of State, insisted that the deal barred Iran from developing or testing ballistic missiles. But the UN Security Council resolution merely "called upon" Iran not to conduct such missile tests, rather than barring them. The U.S. needs to provide allies with military reassurance against the Iranian threat. Supplying Israel with additional funds to develop its sophisticated Arrow III anti-ballistic missile system would send the right message. What the Administration can't afford is to allow the latest test to pass without a response. That would tell Iranians they can develop missiles and threaten neighbors with impunity.
2017-02-01 00:00:00
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