IT SEEMS cutting a ribbon was never an option. On Monday, Iran fired a rocket into space to mark the opening of its space centre, provoking a variety of opinions on the country’s military threat.
According to Iranian state media, the rocket will be followed by the launch of a research satellite named Omid (meaning “hope”) in March 2009. But the move has renewed fears that Iran may be able to launch intercontinental missiles. “If a country has the technology to loft a satellite into space, then it is exactly the same type of technology necessary to launch a warhead…
