Iran: September 18, 2004

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A deal has been made with Russia to launch a 374 pound weather and mapping satellite. Iran is also thought to have received 1960s Russian ICBM technology. The most recent Iranian ICBMs appear remarkably like the old Russian SS-9 ICBM. While this is an obsolete (by American and Russian standards) design, it can do the job of delivering a nuclear warhead at a target several thousand kilometers

 

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