Mad Mullah Men: Iranians Unveil New Cruise Missile Named “The Ambassador of Death”

You have to love those advertising Mad Mullah Men of Tehran. Faced with the challenge of naming their new unnamed bomber, the Iranians have dubbed the 4-meter-long drone “The Ambassador of Death.”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the aircraft, which can carry four cruise missiles and will have a range of 620 miles.

Here’s the marketing pitch: “The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship.” A bit convoluted but catchy. It is basically a product that brings peace in the form of four potentially nuclear tipped cruise missiles.

Before you laugh too loud, try to recall that we named one of the most lethal handguns in history (the single action Colt 45) and the Convair B-36 bomber the “Peacemaker.” Then there was the MX missile dubbed the Peacemaker, bringing peace to the world in the form of 10 re-entry vehicles, each equipped with a 300-kiloton W87 warhead.