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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/20/north-korea-helps-iran-accelerate-ballistic-missil/
Iran Gets North Korean Expertise in Building, Testing and Hiding Its Ballistic Missiles
(Washington Times) Rowan Scarborough - Iran has increased production and testing of ballistic missiles since the 2015 nuclear deal with the U.S. while playing permanent host to scientists from North Korea, which has the know-how to build and launch atomic weapons, a leading opposition group said Tuesday. The National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a white paper that identifies and documents work at 42 missile centers operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. A dozen sites had never been disclosed before. North Koreans have shown Iran how to dig tunnels and build "missile cities" deep inside mountains to prevent destruction by airstrikes. "The IRGC's missile sites have been created based on North Korean models and blueprints. North Korean experts have helped the Iranian regime to build them. Underground facilities and tunnels to produce, store, and maintain missiles have also been modeled after North Korean sites and were created with the collaboration of the North Korean experts." "Delegations of the IRGC's aerospace [industry] constantly travel to North Korea and exchange knowledge, information and achievements with North Korean specialists. North Korea's experts constantly travel to Iran."