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Iran Has the Largest Ballistic-Missile Arsenal in the Middle East


(Wall Street Journal) Behnam Ben Taleblu - While the world focuses on the threat posed by Iran's growing nuclear program and its terror proxies, Iran's ballistic-missile program is underwriting the expansion of both. Iran's ballistic-missile arsenal is the largest in the Middle East. Iranian missiles are more precise, mobile, lethal and abundant than ever before. Since 2017, Iran has engaged in at least 11 separate ballistic-missile operations from its own territory against Kurdish, U.S., Islamic State, Baluch and other targets and interests across Iraq, Syria and Pakistan. Missile mastery has emboldened the Islamic Republic, making it keen to take more risks. The writer is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
2024-03-05 00:00:00
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