The American Foreign Policy Council calls this report "ominous." If accurate, it's more Iranian double-doubling on nuclear weapons.
As international pressure continues to mount on Tehran for its nuclear ambitions, new revelations have focused international attention on another element of Iran’s strategic arsenal. On December 2nd, an Iranian opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), disclosed that the Islamic Republic is hard at work on a new medium-range ballistic missile, the “Ghadr 100.” Experts like Uzi Rubin, the former director of Israel’s Arrow Program, believe that the propulsion system, range, and re-entry vehicle of the “Ghadr-100” are similar to that of the advanced “Shahab-4” – a missile the Iranian regime publicly pledged in November of 2003 not to build. Specific alterations in the missile’s nosecone allow it to hold larger warheads, including nuclear devices, Rubin tells Jane’s Defence Weekly in an interview published on December 6th. What’s more, according to the Israeli specialist, the alterations are the work of “seasoned missile engineers,” likely from the Russian Federation.
Vladimir Putin's Russia is playing a key, reckless role in these very dangerous developments.
Posted by Alan at December 13, 2004 12:12 PM