Best Iran source reports that Iran now deploys many more
Shahab-3 missiles than previously determined. Iran likely has up
to 300 Shahab-3, which are forward deployed. There is no
confirmation of what kind of warheads are now mounted.
At the same time, source reports that North Korean missile
technicians are in residence at the Hemmat Missile Industries in
Tehran, where they are working with Iranian Defense Ministry teams
to develop the Ghadar missile. This is the multistage weapon with
a range of 3000 kilometers and a baby bottle nipple like warhead
that is capable of mounting a miniaturized nuclear weapon.
Tehran knows that its acquisition of breeder reactors and
centrifuge cascades will not provide protection and a diplomatic
dagger until and if Iran can mount a credible, well-defended,
well-dispersed (sea-based) nuclear tipped strategic missile
arsenal.
For those who argue (as more and more do) that blocking Iran's
nuke ambitions is a futile mission, consider that Iran will use its
enriched uranium product to construct a strategic missile threat to
the Saudi Arabian oilfields, to India, Russia, and Berlin, as well
as to the easy to reach Israel.
Once Iran tests and deploys the Ghadar missile, Mutual Assured
Destruction policy will obtain in South Asia, fueled by the
colossal, thousand year old feud between Shia and Sunni, between
Shia and infidel.
(And note that the inability or unwillingness of the the UN and
the six-party talks to contain and punish North Korea for its
flagrant nuclear weapon and missile proliferation now reaps the
whirlwind.)
topics:
Iran, Russia, Israel, North Korea, Oil
