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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/05/pentagon-eyes-iran-north-korea-military-connection.html
Pentagon Eyes Iran-North Korea Military Connection
(Fox News) Lucas Tomlinson and Jennifer Griffin - When Iran attempted to launch a cruise missile from a "midget" submarine last week, Pentagon officials saw more evidence of North Korean influence, with intelligence reports saying the submarine was based on a North Korean design. "The very first missiles we saw in Iran were simply copies of North Korean missiles," said Jeffrey Lewis, a missile proliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. "Over the years, we've seen photographs of North Korean and Iranian officials in each other's countries, and we've seen all kinds of common hardware." When Iran tested a ballistic missile in January, the Pentagon said it was based on a North Korean design. Last summer, Iran conducted another missile launch similar to a North Korean Musudan, the most advanced missile Pyongyang has successful tested to date.