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Shelley Moore Capito: “They [Iran] launched that large long-range missile that was…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 01:23

… very effective, take out their navy, take out their missile launchers, take out their ability to attack. Obviously they had enormous abilities to attack. We saw that last week when They [Iran] launched that large long-range missile that was, I think 2,500 miles. I think that was sort of an eye opener to all of us, that they probably had much more depth in their weapon arsenal than what we might have even been aware of. (01:23–03:33)

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Asserts that Iran launched a long-range missile with a range of approximately 2,500 miles.

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