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Iranian Interest in Space Disguise for Missile Ambitions

November 30, 2004 :: Aviation Week & Space Technology :: News

The November 29th edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology reports that Iran’s stated plans for a space program and their desire to launch a satellite into orbit in the coming year may in fact be nothing more than a thin disguise for more ambitious ballistic missile programs.
        Aviation Week’s analysis that the program is a “Trojan Horse” seems almost certainly correct. The technological capabilities of a long range missile are quite similar to those of a missile to put a satellite into orbit. Hence the connection between American, Russian, Chinese, Indian, and Israeli space programs to their respective missile programs. When North Korea launched a long range Taepo Dong missile over Japan in 1998, it was attempting to put a satellite into orbit.

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