Iran Still Developing ICBM Technology Despite UN Resolutions

Director of US National Intelligence Daniel Coats said as he briefed the Senate on national security that Iran has continued its ballistic missile work in violation of UN resolutions.

The US intelligence head stressed that Iran has been steadily improving the range and power of its ballistic missiles in order to develop technology capable of carrying a nuclear warhead over thousands of miles to reach US soil.

Coats insists the ICMBs could actually be used by the Islamic Republic to launch a nuclear weapon.

“We judge that Tehran would choose ballistic missiles as its preferred method of delivering nuclear weapons, if it builds them,” he said in a written testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Thursday.

According to Coats, Iran is using its space program as a disguise to illegally perfect ICBMs, as the expertise needed to launch satellites is similar to that needed to properly launch ICBMs.

“Progress on Iran’s space program could shorten a pathway to an ICBM because space launch vehicles use similar technologies,” Coats said.

According to the last US intelligence assessments, Iran’s focus on ICBMs violates international prohibitions barring such activity.

 

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