(Guardian-UK) Meir Javedanfar - Iran's testing of its "Sajjil 2" missile, the second in seven months, is a sign that Iran is making significant advances in its missile program. However, Israel was already within the range of Iranian missiles before this test. Iran is estimated to have roughly 100-150 missiles that can reach Israel. Most of these are Shahab-3 missiles, which have a low accuracy rate and a payload of only 1,200kg. Israel has an Arrow anti-missile system which is conservatively expected to stop at least 50% of them, if not more. Hizbullah is estimated to have at least 30,000 missiles. However, during the last war in 2006, all of Hizbullah's long-range missiles were destroyed within a few hours. The same could happen again, as Hizbullah's missiles are more difficult to hide. They are also much more within the range of Israel.
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