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The United States withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 in part because the agreement did not adequately address missile proliferation and testing. The Fateh Mobin includes an electro-optical seeker to further enhance missile accuracy. Iran claimed that the Mushak was designed and produced without foreign support, but Chinese assistance was suspected. It has a 0.88 m diameter and a 700 meter CEP. These actions highlight the growing importance of missiles to Iran’s security policy. For policymakers, however, Hajizadeh’s comments about Iran’s ballistic missile program being non-negotiable may be the most policy relevant. Current IRGC Aerospace Force commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh was appointed to the role in 2009. In 2007, then-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates claimed that North Korea had sold Iran missiles with capabilities matching the Musudan. By late 1990, Tehran had negotiated to buy North Korea's newest missile offering, the Scud C. U.S. intelligence began to detect shipments of North Korean Scud C missiles moving to Iran in 1991. And it has used such missiles to target Islamic State positions in Syria, an Iranian Kurdish separatist group in northern Iraq, and military bases hosting U.S. troops in Iraq. Tehran faces similar limitations in manufacturing complex components, such as small turbofan engines for powering high-end cruise missiles. The Sajjil program’s success indicates that Iran’s long-term missile acquisition plans are likely to focus on solid-fuel systems. Iran has also transferred missiles to its proxies, including: Hezbollah, a longstanding recipient of Iranian funds and arms; Shi’ite militias in Iraq; and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have used Iranian missiles to strike civilian targets in Saudi Arabia on numerous occasions. The Fateh-type missiles carry payloads of about 450 kg (990 lbs). Iran's first batch of Scuds (known as Scud Bs) arrived from Libya in 1985. *Technical missile capabilities (range, accuracy, etc.) The Islamic Republic is the only country to develop a 2,000-km missile without first having a nuclear weapons capability. It is derived from the North Korean Musudan (BM-25) missile, itself a variant of the Soviet SS-N-6, which is a single-stage, liquid-fueled, submarine-launched ballistic missile with a range of 2,400 to 3,000 km and the ability to carry a nuclear warhead. (Israel has more capable ballistic missiles, but fewer in number and type.) It is a steel-bodied, single-stage, surface-to-surface, solid-fueled missile with a diameter of 0.61 m, which is capable of delivery a 500 kg payload up to 300 km. Although not a member of the MTCR, China's export control laws reflect MTCR controls. As Iran continues to increase the range of its precision-guided, solid-fuel, U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 forbids Iran from activities involving “missiles designed to be nuclear capable.” According to a 2019 study, only the original. Since then, Iran’s indigenous space program has produced three SLVs: the Safir, the Simorgh, and the Qased. Iran's Revolutionary Guard has test-fired anti-warship ballistic missiles against targets in the Indian Ocean as they wrapped up a two-day military exercise. A May 2009 joint threat assessment by U.S. and Russian technical experts estimated the rocket motors for each of the two stages are alike except for their length. Iran’s (and other countries’) access to missile components and technology is also restricted by the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). It is now able to produce its own missiles, although some key components still need to be imported. With a diameter between 1.25 and 1.38 m, it is large enough to carry a nuclear warhead. This chapter was originally published in October 2010. All the tests failed, with one possible exception, so it is not surprising that the Iranian version is also suffering from some teething problems. They use liquid fuel, which involves a time-consuming launch. Dr. Phares mentioned the issue of Iran’s ballistic missiles, which has become a major matter even for the “strongest supporters of the Iran deal” and focused on “Iran’s ballistic behavior,” “In the Middle East, there are four countries where the Iranian regime is operating. Its payload and CEP are unknown, although Iranian media have estimated the Zolfaghar to be capable of delivering a payload of between 450 and 600 kg. The Emad’s maximum range and payload mass are difficult to determine because little is known about the on-board components that facilitate steering of the warhead during re-entry. Iran is believed to have fielded several hundred 1,300 km Shahab-3 missiles. It has a medium range of about 2,000 km (1,200 miles) when carrying a 750 kg (1,650 lbs) warhead. Presumably, the winglets are designed to steer the warhead during re-entry into the atmosphere with the purpose of bettering accuracy. Iran's development of LACMs may have received a boost in 2001, when it purchased several Soviet Kh-55 air-launched cruise missiles on the Ukrainian black market. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former President and Speaker of Parliament, asserted that Iran itself produced the solid fuel propellant for the missile. More recently, Chinese national Li Fang Wei (Karl Lee) has been a key supplier to SBIG and other entities involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program. For the past decade, Iran has invested significantly to improve these weapons’ precision and lethality. The Islamic Republic is the only country to develop a 2,000-km missile without first having a nuclear weapons capability. Iran holds ballistic missile, drones drill amid tensions In fourth large-scale exercise in recent weeks, IRGC launches ballistic missiles with 700-km range against simulated ‘enemy bases’ It regularly participates in Iran’s national-level Noble Prophet military exercises, and in 2017 conducted its own exercise named Eqtedar e-Velayat. Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Mohammad Hossein Baqeri claimed at that time that the missile impacted within a meter of its target during testing. The second stage of the IRGC’s Qased space launch vehicle was reportedly designed by RRSJO. Iran’s medium range ballistic missiles (MRBMs) have ranges up to 2,000 kilometers, allowing them to reach Israel, Lebanon, and parts of Eastern Europe. No country has ever converted a liquid-fueled satellite launcher into a long-range missile, primarily because the differing operational requirements make the transformation impractical. Both versions have a range of 700 to 800 km (440 to 500 miles) when fitted with a 500 to 600 kg (1,100 to 1,300 lbs) warhead. The Shahab-2 can deliver a 770 kg payload to a maximum range of 500 km. A liquid-fueled missile engine produces more thrust per pound of fuel than a solid-fueled engine, but is more complex and can require many precision-machined and moving parts. The U.S. State Department has repeatedly sanctioned the Changgwang Sinyong Corporation (also known as Korea Mining Development Trading Bureau or KOMID), North Korea's main missile exporter for proliferation activities with Iran. Iranian media have speculated that a new "compound" warhead displayed on the Khorramshahr in September 2019 may be able to accommodate "a number of small warheads of a few hundred kilograms." Solid-fueled missile engines, on the other hand, are relatively economical and easy to maintain, and they can be stored for many years. But perhaps the most important implication of the JCPOA and the IAEA verification process is that Iran’s ballistic missiles will only be conventionally armed for a decade or more. Although SLVs are stated to have a civilian and not a military purpose, they use many of the same technologies as ICBMs. Iran tested the missile at least seven times between July 1998 and 2003, with mixed results. Meanwhile, Iran's ballistic missiles remain a concern because of their ability to deliver nuclear weapons, should Iran choose to develop such weapons. According to the U.S. Defense Department, Iran fired nearly 100 Scuds at Iraq between 1985 and 1988. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have used a variant of the Qiam-1, named Burkan-2H, to attack targets in Saudi Arabia from ranges of over 900 km. The Shahab-3, like the No-Dong, is a scaled-up version of the Scud B and Scud C missiles, and shares the Scud's weaknesses in conventional combat. According to non-governmental reporting, the Soumar and its variants are "possibly nuclear capable." As of 2019, Iran is estimated to have 50 mobile MRBM launchers. According to an investigation by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran had a "coordinated" program to develop a nuclear weapon through the end of 2003 that included work to integrate a new spherical payload with nuclear weapon characteristics into its Shahab-3 ballistic missile. Some of these variants have reportedly improved the Shahab-3’s reentry vehicle. Cruise missiles can be divided into two categories based on their intended target set: land-attack and anti-ship. February 2008 saw the inauguration of an Iranian space center in Semnan Province, marked by the test launch of Iran's Kavoshgar 1 research rocket. The main missile families within this category are the Fateh and the Shahab (Scud). The reconnaissance satellite was successfully lifted into orbit and has been producing low-resolution imagery of terrestrial targets of interest. He added that Iran cannot be denied long-range missiles when its enemies in the region are well stocked. Iran does not yet have a nuclear warhead, but it now possesses missiles large enough to carry one approximately 2,000 km. The main missiles in this category are the Shahab-3, the Sejjil, and the Khorramshahr. They are large enough to accommodate a nuclear payload. The IRGC Aerospace Force also maintains its own military space program. The Shahab-3 has a range of 1,000 kilometres (620 mi); a MRBM variant can now reach 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) (can hit targets as far as Israel, Egypt, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece). Russian entities allegedly involved in these activities were sanctioned by the United States in the late 1990s. Iran’s missile program has a long and active history and is driven by influential forces at the top of the Islamic Republic’s hierarchy. and Iran’s Fars News says it is a “new long arm” for the Islamic Republic. It has also been increasingly willing to export these missiles, as well as missile production equipment, to its proxies in the region. Iran had already started an effort to mate a missile to a nuclear warhead. Despite Russia's adherence to the MTCR since 1995, Russian entities have helped Iran "develop new missiles and increase Tehran's self-sufficiency in missile production," according to a CIA report covering missile proliferation during the first half of 2003. Iran's first SLV, the liquid-fueled, two-stage Safir rocket, initially failed during an August 2008 flight test. If Iran does develop a nuclear warhead, its missiles would be powerful enough to deliver it throughout the Middle East and to parts of Europe. It made slow progress over the subsequent decade in duplicating them, due at least in part to difficulty obtaining and producing complex turbojet or turbofan engines. According to the IAEA, "some activities" related to the development of a nuclear explosive device took place between 2003 and 2009. Solid-fueled missiles are therefore generally less vulnerable in combat. Independent estimates, however, have put the Khorramshahr’s accuracy at up to a 1.5 km CEP and posited that the new warhead is a cluster munition. A maximum range greater than 3,000 km would classify the Khorramshahr as an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM). Iran is still dependent on foreign suppliers for some key ingredients, components and equipment, but it has the technical and industrial capacity to develop long-range missiles, including an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, or ICBM. As of March 2020, Iran’s ballistic arsenal is composed mainly of short and medium range missiles, although some work on longer range missiles is suspected. Iran has converted a significant portion of its Shahab-2 missiles into Qiam missiles. 'theme' : 'transparent', According to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s 2019 report on Iran’s military power, "Iran continues to depend on foreign suppliers for critical [missile] components and technology." The Chinese government pledged to improve its proliferation posture, notably by committing not to assist any country in the development of a ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon, and by adopting a set of export control laws. Iranian officials say the Khorramshar has a maximum range of 2,000 km (1,243 miles) when carrying an 1,800 kg (3,970 lbs) warhead. According to The Middle East Military Balance, an annual survey of military might published by Israel's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, Iran was already thought to have acquired or built some 300 Scud B missiles and 100 Scud Cs by 1994. [CDATA[// >