Iran Reports Missile Test, Drawing Rebuke
(New York Times)…Alan Cowell and William J. Broad
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards test-fired nine missiles in war-game maneuvers on Wednesday, including at least one the government in Tehran described as having the range to reach Israel.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters the world is not closer to a military confrontation, even though Iran’s missile launch came just days after Israel conducted a high-profile military exercise in the Mediterranean. “What we’re seeing is a lot of signaling going on,” he said, adding that both Israel and Iran “understand [the] consequences” of military action.