North Korea Helped Turn Iran Into a Missile Powerhouse How North Korea supports Iran’s ballistic missile programs Around this time period, the U S intelligence community grew concerned that Tehran would become one of the first client states for
Iran North Korea: Proliferation Partners - UANI Shahid Hemmat produced Iran’s Shahab-3 and Ghadr ballistic missiles and cooperated with North Korea in their development, based on the DPRK’s Nodong missiles Congress can lower the ownership threshold to 25% or greater for sanctions targeting entities partially controlled by Shahid Hemmat, KOMID, and other key organizations tied to Iran
Irans ballistic missiles program - Wikipedia The Ghadr-1, a Shahab-3 variant, extends this range to almost 2,000 kilometers2 According to a 2019 study, the original Shahab-3 is one of the missiles clearly "designed to be nuclear capable" [30] The Khorramshahr, Iran's most advanced liquid-fuel ballistic missile, is also considered to be designed for potential nuclear capability
Iran, North Korea Deepen Missile Cooperation | Arms Control . . . Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph told reporters in September 2006 that “ North Korea has been…the principal supplier to Iran of ballistic missile technologies ” The Shahab-3, which has an estimated range of 1,300 kilometers, is based on the North Korean Nodong missile, the National Air and
The North Korea-Iran Relationship: An Anti-American Alliance . . . In October 2010, North Korea unveiled a new Nodong missile warhead that strikingly resembled Iran’s Shahab-3 triconic warhead The Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG), a subsidiary of Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization, sent technicians to North Korea in exchange for valves, electronics and measuring equipment used for ballistic
An Overview of North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Program North Korea was also beginning to produce the longer-range Hwasong-6 missile – a variant of the Scud-C – and in 1990 first tested the Nodong, a medium-range ballistic missile based on Scud technology The Nodong is believed to be the basis of Iran’s Shahab-3 missile and Pakistan’s Ghauri missile, with Iran assisting in its development