Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
April 4, 2005
Mr. President, as I have done many times before on this floor, I rise to address a national security issue of the highest importance, one that demands our utmost attention. I wish to alert this body and the American people to China's spreading global influence and the imminent threat this poses to our national security.
February 28, 2005
Recent reports from Kiev and Moscow indicate that Iran may have secretly acquired a quantity of Soviet origin, nuclear capable cruise missiles. The question is whether the missiles will be introduced into the arsenal of Iran's strategic forces, or used as models for an indigenous cruise missile design. Be it as it may, the eventual appearance an...
February 16, 2005
SEN. ROBERTS(R-KS): (Sounds gavel.) The committee will come to order. Today the Senate Committee on Intelligence meets in open session to conduct its annual worldwide threat hearing. I would like to inform members that traditionally we have a closed hearing in the afternoon, but Secretary of State Rice is coming to the Senate to brief all members...
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...