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Iran Significantly Expands Missile Testing
(Die Welt-Germany) Daniel-Dylan Bohmer - Documents from Western intelligence sources show that the number of Iranian ballistic missile tests has more than doubled this year. In 2018, Iran fired at least seven medium-range missiles for testing purposes. In addition, Iran fired at least five more short-range and cruise missiles. In 2017 there were four tests of medium-range missiles and one test of a short-range missile. The agreement that Iran negotiated in 2015 calls on Iran "not to engage in ballistic missile-related activities designed to use nuclear weapons." The provision includes "launches using such ballistic missile technology." Iran has tested at least three variants of the Shahab-3 medium-range missile since the beginning of the year. Michael Elleman of the British military think tank IISS says: "Iranian designs for nuclear warheads, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented at the end of April 2018, clearly make provisions for a Shahab-3 as a launch missile."