A picture from the Iranian news website Jamejam clearly shows three airborne missiles and one that has failed to take off. But a second image released by the PR arm of the Revolutionary Guard seems to have digitally wiped away the embarrassing dud, replacing it with a fourth successful launch, complete with billowing clouds of exhaust and desert dust.
Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Strategic Studies, said, "It's ironic - Iran launches these missile tests to demonstrate might, and instead what they demonstrate is foolishness."
"They come across as amateurs by doctoring it. It's laughable."
July 11, 2008
Iran Fakes Missile Launch Picture After Misfire
More Muslim hubris from Iran. Via Iran Fakes Missile Launch Picture After Misfire:
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