Dubai (Reuters) - Iran has threatened to destroy U.S. military bases in the Middle East and target Israel minutes after being attacked, Iranian media reported on Wednesday as the Revolutionary Guards extended testing ballistic missile for the third day. Israel has hinted it could attack Iran if diplomacy fails to halt its disputed ensure that nuclear energy program.
United States has also proposed military action as a last resort, but often requested the Israelis to allow time to economic sanctions against Iran to take effect. "These bases are all in the range of our missiles and the Occupied Territories (Israel) are also a good target for us," said Amir Haji Ali Zadeh, commander of the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying by the agency Fars news. Haji Zadeh said 35 U.S. bases were within range of Iranian ballistic missiles, the most advanced of the commanders said they can hit targets 2,000 kilometers away.
"We thought about measures to establish bases and deploy missiles to destroy all these bases in the first minutes after an attack," he said.
It was unclear where he got these figures Haji Zadeh U.S. bases in the region. The U.S. military installations in the Middle East are located in Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait and Turkey. The country also has 10 other bases in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Defense analysts are usually skeptical about what they describe as exaggerated military claims by Iran and say that the country's capacity could not be compared with the sophisticated defense systems the United States.
Iranian media reported that three days of testing this week called "Great Prophet 7" involving dozens of missiles and unmanned aircraft built in the country that successfully destroyed simulated air bases. Iran has increased its anti-Western rhetoric takes in response to the launch on Sunday of a total embargo of the European Union to buy Iranian oil, the latest increase in sanctions to pressure Tehran to control its nuclear activity.
Commanders of the Revolutionary Guards have also threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, through which passes a third of the seaborne oil trade in the world in response to increased penalties. The powers have said they will not tolerate obstruction of trade across the Straits and the U.S. remains a formidable naval presence in the Gulf region.
United States has also proposed military action as a last resort, but often requested the Israelis to allow time to economic sanctions against Iran to take effect. "These bases are all in the range of our missiles and the Occupied Territories (Israel) are also a good target for us," said Amir Haji Ali Zadeh, commander of the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying by the agency Fars news. Haji Zadeh said 35 U.S. bases were within range of Iranian ballistic missiles, the most advanced of the commanders said they can hit targets 2,000 kilometers away.
"We thought about measures to establish bases and deploy missiles to destroy all these bases in the first minutes after an attack," he said.
It was unclear where he got these figures Haji Zadeh U.S. bases in the region. The U.S. military installations in the Middle East are located in Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait and Turkey. The country also has 10 other bases in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Defense analysts are usually skeptical about what they describe as exaggerated military claims by Iran and say that the country's capacity could not be compared with the sophisticated defense systems the United States.
Iranian media reported that three days of testing this week called "Great Prophet 7" involving dozens of missiles and unmanned aircraft built in the country that successfully destroyed simulated air bases. Iran has increased its anti-Western rhetoric takes in response to the launch on Sunday of a total embargo of the European Union to buy Iranian oil, the latest increase in sanctions to pressure Tehran to control its nuclear activity.
Commanders of the Revolutionary Guards have also threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, through which passes a third of the seaborne oil trade in the world in response to increased penalties. The powers have said they will not tolerate obstruction of trade across the Straits and the U.S. remains a formidable naval presence in the Gulf region.
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