The missile gives India, for the first time, the capability of striking the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai.
"Assad continues to be able to have at his, you know, at his hands the capability of striking his own people, including those who are opposed to his regime.
Early this month, Putin boasted of his nation's nuclear capabilities to strike anywhere in the world.
The RF-4C had the benefit of being of a similar capability to strike aircraft at the time, and a modified hunter version, given a designation RF-4C(H) was to be developed, replacing the camera equipment with LLLTV, FLIR, and Side-Looking Radar (SLAR) units.
The Senate report shows that the intelligence Mr. Bush had did not support those statements — or Mr. Rumsfeld's that "every month that goes by, his W.M.D. programs are progressing, and he moves closer to his goal of possessing the capability to strike our population, and our allies, and hold them hostage to blackmail".
In addition, the military said it had crippled Hamas' burgeoning drone capabilities after striking a number of sites.
Kim Jong-un has boasted of North Korea's "sure capability" to strike US targets in the Pacific after his military carried out an apparently successful test of its Musudan medium-range missile.
Iran and North Korea could develop the capability to strike the US within five years of a decision to pursue ballistic missile technology; Iraq would require ten years.
According to a report published in the New York Times, the United States is accusing Pakistan of illegally modifying American-made missiles to expand its capability to strike land targets.
Some members of Abe's party would like Japan to develop the capability to strike back when attacked by a missile.
The strongest argument against the "zero option" of no troops is that it would limit Washington's capability to strike elsewhere, most notably in Pakistan.
