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Iran's Space Program Could Be Cover for Nuclear Assault

An Iranian rocket carrying a satellite is launched from an undisclosed site believed to be in Iran's Semnan province. (AP)

By    |   Friday, 06 May 2022 07:14 AM EDT

U.S. Space Command has derided Iran's nascent space program as a joke – but could the Islamic Republic get the last laugh?

Gen. Jay Raymond, the chief of U.S. Space Command, belittled as non-threatening the first launch of a military satellite in April 2020 by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the world's deadliest state-sponsored terrorist organization.

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U.S. Space Command has derided Iran's nascent space program as a joke - but could the Islamic Republic get the last laugh?
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