Quote Originally Posted by ZERO View Post
That has nothing to do with there satellite, if you want proof look for it in the sky. The Russians did not need to show pics of theirs you can see it is up there.... also some fun facts on the name translation:
The satellite name roughly translates to Hope and the rocket to Message or a message of hope. Now to understand this one must understand the religious interpretations of their leader. To him this is a message of hope to the coming of the Admum. (however it is spelled)

Yeah, and Ahmadinejad has said that the satellite was built to "spread monotheism, peace, and justice" around the world.

I take anything that Iran says with a grain of salt.

Hmm... maybe if the Soviet Union had named their missiles in Cuba "Love" or "Hope" they wouldn't have been seen as such a threat. And maybe if we had named our ICBMs "Messenger of Peace" there wouldn't have been such tension between us and the Soviets.


Straight up, Iran's launching of a satellite opens the door for future weapons development. Whether they'll use these capabilities strictly for peacful purposes... only time will tell.

Personally, I think they're flexing their muscles. Just like we did about this time last year, when we shot down US-193, a "failing" spy satellite that was only launced 14 months prior, with a ship-launched missile.