Iran's Ballistic Buildup: The March Toward Nuclear-Capable Missiles

This unique manuscript surveys the regime's missile capabilities, including the underlying organization, structure, production, and development infrastructure, as well as launch facilities and the command centers operating inside Iran.

This report has been complied based on intelligence and information obtained by Iran's main organized opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), from inside the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other regime military institutions in charge of missile development.

The book exposes the nexus between the regime's missile activities and its nuclear weapons program, including Tehran's ties with Pyongyang.

Since the July 2015 nuclear deal, the clerical regime increased the number of tests of ballistic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear load. This, coupled with illicit exports to other rogue actors in the Middle East, is prompted by the regime's domestic weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

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“Iran's Ballistic Buildup makes a major contribution to our understanding of Iran's ballistic missile program and the multifaceted threat that it represents.  Iran already possesses the largest and most advanced offensive missile force in the region.  But as the authors reveal, this force continues to grow, serving as a tool of intimidation and blackmail, and as a vital component of Tehran's broader strategy that includes military aggression in Syria and Yemen, continued support to terrorist proxies, and the development of capabilities that will permit Iran's leaders to race to a nuclear weapon whenever they decide.  The scale and scope of the missile program described in the book should serve as a call to action to counter the growing threat from Iran.”

-- Ambassador Robert G. Joseph, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

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“Iran's Ballistic Buildup is the most informative account I have seen of Iran's ballistic missile program. It is a major contribution to our understanding of how Iran organizes itself to produce this important strategic weapon. I highly recommend it.”

-- Matthew Kroenig, Associate Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Deputy Director for Strategy at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council

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