What country does not periodically test its various new weaponry, such as its long range missiles?

You only hear about it on the news, though, if an official "bad guy" country like Iran or North Korea does it. In other words, you only hear about it if it is useful for a western propaganda purpose.

The USA must, I'm sure, frequently test its own advanced weaponry. So must the Israelis. Why do we not regard it as an international crisis when they do? ;-D

As I have said before, the only possible insurance Iran can have against being bombed or invaded by American/Israel forces is to have nuclear weapons in its arsenal and to have an effectivde delivery system for those weapons. If the Iranians are indeed building nuclear weapons, they have every reason to do so. If they are not, then the whole brouhaha in our media is nothing more than an American/Israeli attempt to justify a future war against Iran...a war that will be fought to secure control over Iranian oil reserves, NOT to protect Israel or anyone else from Iranian attacks.