I didn’t even know it had one. 😅
Iran has been exceedingly open about it; for literally decades they have stated their missile and space program was for self-defense and short-range missile systems (essentially the range is just the distance to Israel, but in all directions to make it not look as obvious.)
They believed by announcing and very publicly keeping this restriction the west wouldn’t come down so hard on their nuclear program. But… we see where that got them. Honestly it’s surprising it took this long.
Yeah, I knew about their religious restrictions to do with nukes, but not to do with missiles. It makes sense though. They’ve been pretty clear throughout the war that they attack to retaliate and to defend themselves, not as an aggressor. But it’s starting to look like things are shifting internally and they are gearing up toward being more defensive through proactive offense. Perhaps toward strengthening the axis of resistance as a whole and toward ending the cycle of waiting on the empire to try to undermine them again and then retaliating.
