Trump denies U.S. responsibility for destruction of Iranian rocket launch

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Trump denies U.S. responsibility for destruction of Iranian rocket launch

A photo released by the Iranian government shows a rocket launch in 2017./ One day after an Iranian rocket appeared to explode on its launchpad, President Trump denied U.S. responsibility Friday for the extensive damage and released an unusually detailed aerial photo of the debris-strewn launch site. His denial appears geared to limit speculation that the explosion was caused by a cyberattack, an increasingly common but normally covert mode of attack that U.S. forces have used against Iran in the past. In his tweet, Trump appeared to reach ...

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