ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
24July2010 11:27pmPDT
GCIS SPACE SECURITY UPDATE:
In the face of "Western Threats" Vis-�-vis resolutions by the U.N. Security Council regarding Iran's nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad moved his country's manned space missions to begin in 2019, approximately a decade sooner than previously projected.� Islamic Republic News Agency claims that this action was intended as a blow against his Western counterparts.
Aside from it's nuclear program under development, Iran has been launching it's own homemade satellites into orbit since 2009, with the Rasad 1 slated for late August and several more through March 2011.
