Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
February 16, 2005
This is the third time I report to you that Defense Intelligence is engaged in a war on a global scale. Most of the forces and issues involved in this war were addressed in my testimony last year. Several increased in severity or changed in composition. Few, unfortunately, decreased.
February 10, 2005
Iran poses six threats to American interest including: a drive to acquire nuclear weapons, support of terrorist networks, aid to groups working against the Arab-Israel peace process, disruptive role in Iraq, expansionist radical ideology, and denial of basic human rights to its own population. Two tracks emerge within Washington to deal with these...
January 12, 2005
Speaker: Kenneth M. Pollack, senior fellow and director of research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution; author, "The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America"
Speaker: Mark Palmer, president and chief executive officer, Capital Development Company; member, Committee on the Present DangerSpeaker: David Kay...
December 16, 2004
This first part of a two-part series on diplomacy surrounding the Iranian nuclear program looks at U.S.-European relations. The second part, to appear in a future PolicyWatch, will discuss the role of the permanent five members of the UN Security Council, with particular focus on Russia and China.
December 3, 2004
Below please find new information on the clandestine missile projects of the Iranian regime which has been obtained by the sources of the National Council of Resistance of Iran from inside Iran.
They include the Ghadr (Powerful) Missile Program, Shahab-4 Missile Program, Zelzal (Tremor Shock) Missile Program and Nuclear and chemical warhead...
November 1, 2004
The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) hereby submits this report in response to a congressionally directed action in Section 721 of the FY 1997 Intelligence Authorization Act, which states:
(a) Reports
The Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to Congress an annual report on -
(1) The acquisition by foreign countries during the...
October 25, 2004
Iran test fires latest version of its shihab-3 ballistic missile
Iran recently flight-tested an upgraded version of its Shihab-3 ballistic missile, which is capable of striking Israel, U.S. bases in the Middle East and parts of Europe.
Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani announced the test, saying: "We tested the range, the destructive capacity...
October 20, 2004
The Defense Ministry successfully test fired the latest prototype of shahab 3 missile, Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said on Wednesday. The `defense shield` proved stronger in terms of destruction and precision in guided targets, the minister told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
October 18, 2004
At a meeting next month, the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will have its sixth chance in two years to act against Iran's illicit nuclear program by referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council, where sanctions could be applied to help stop Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran has refused to cooperate fully with inspectors...
October 15, 2004
Iran brags that it has the most crucial technologies for a nuclear bomb. It is known to be deploying long-range missiles that would be militarily useless unless equipped with a nuclear warhead. And it has insisted that it will continue to enrich uranium in defiance of a request by the United Nations to stop.