Iran Tests It's First Long Range Missiles

The nation of Iran has been feeling a little bit threatened in the last few years by The United States over it's highly controversial nuclear program and has begun testing a new batch of medium and long range missiles in an attempt to intimidate and deter the west from any aggression towards it. On July 9th they successfully tested a new and improved version of a missile called the Shahab-3. The potential range of the missile is 1250 miles which means it has the capability to strike and hit Israel, certain strategic U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia and throughout the middle east, and parts of southern Europe. The tests were carried on Iranian television and are meant to be a display of Iran's ever increasing military capabilites.