http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/...ent_9488013.htm
That is needed and a great achievement as Iran will be able to launch satellites indigeneously and future satellite technology can involve vital defensive measures like for example they can be used as transmitters for bistatic radars and maybe for detection of stealth plane shadows. Achivements of this kind also uncover the lies of manipulation like the famous "they cant do it" propaganda but the aim is not to disprove any propaganda or show any kind of superiority as these are primitive approaches and it would be arguing for nothing. Just like the Olympics as we watch how justly people break records and win showing us that there is much more to reveal in human potential, we are like mirrors of each other as we earn justfully this directs each of us to the Essence to accomplish and improve more. We share and we grow that is our perspective with our allies. Hopefully Pakistan and later Turkey will enter the space club as well.
Soon Iran plans a satellite launch but what I am cautious about is that the well known non-credible propaganda media will that time bark that the abm to be mounted in Poland is for Iran. Iran can delay the launch and concentrate more on satellite technology if that would convince Poland to not to allow US to station abms there. We all know that threre is a huge difference between SLV and ICBM but if that would reduce the tension between Russia and Poland by cancelling the installation of abms, Iran would take that step and postphone the launch. If Iran's achievements hurts US propaganda then it is not Polands problem. If israel does not like Iran's mrbms then they need to consider to change their policies about their 200-400 nukes to "defend" themselves firstly.If that is not enough and still they insist on the installation of abms then that shows that there is a case of paranoia and the solution lies in the field of psychology or much more likely it will clearly show that the abms are not intended for Iran. What else would be left to show for whom the abms are intended against?