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Iran's said to have warheads designed by Ukraine with China assist WASHINGTON - Iran was said to have received at least two nuclear warheads. The Iranian opposition asserted that Iran has begun producing nuclear warheads for intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The opposition said the warheads were being developed in cooperation with such allies of Teheran as China, Pakistan and Ukraine. The Green Experts of Iran reported that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps received the warheads for missiles that could travel 3,200 kilometers. The opposition group said the warheads were the first manufactured in Iran and have been deployed by IRGC in 2011. Ukraine was said to have designed the warheads, the opposition said. China and Pakistan were said to have provided engineering, machinery and technology. Green Experts said the Iranian Defense Ministry oversaw the project. The group said the ministry helped in interface and integration. The opposition report has not been confirmed by the United States. But over the last year, the administration of President Barack Obama has acknowledged that Iran was receiving foreign technology, particularly from China and North Korea, for the production of nuclear missiles. Green Experts identified several Iranian universities as part of the nuclear weapons program. The opposition cited Amir Kabir University and Shaheed Beheshti University. At this point, the warheads were not said to contain a nuclear weapon. Green Experts said the installation of a nuclear payload was expected in 2012. Reza Kahlili, a former senior IRGC officer who defected to the United States, said the Green Experts report was credible. Kahlili who has published a book about his life as a CIA agent in Iran, said IRGC has a capacity to produce missiles with a range of 3,200 kilometers. "In the past, the Guards encountered problems with the design of a warhead with a reentry vehicle that could successfully carry a nuclear payload," Kahlili said in an analysis. "They tried for years using the North Korean No Dong warhead design, with little success. But it now appears that with the collaboration with China, Pakistan and the Ukraine, they have overcome those difficulties and are now in possession of the warheads. They are now ready to arm them with nuclear payloads." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
