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Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by Bloomberg, "Iran Test Signals Resolve, Not Military Breakthrough."
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Iran was trying to demonstrate its resolve over a possible confrontation with the U.S. and Israel, not unveiling a new military capability with its test of a long- range missile, American and Israeli analysts and officials said.
U.S. analyst and former Pentagon official Anthony Cordesman said the test is part of a cycle of symbolic threats that started with an Israeli military exercise in early June and continued as Iranian officials vowed to retaliate if attacked.
"This isn't an event, it's a process,'' said Cordesman, of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, speaking from Israel. "And the process has been going on with periods of escalation and periods where it looks like moving toward negotiations for some period of time.''
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