Iran: Is Iran's Military Buildup Purely Defensive or Potentially Destabilizing?

From: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Date: April 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Iran: Is Iran's Military Buildup Purely Defensive or Potentially Destabilizing?

By Shawn L. Twing

On Jan. 6 a patrol boar from the Iranian navy successfully test-fired a Chinese-made C802 anti-ship cruise missile near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz south of Bandar Abbas, hitting a target barge 10 miles away from the missile's launch site. The acquisition of the C802s has been heralded by some as a turning point in Iran's ability to threaten the regional interests of the United States and of the Arab states of the Gulf, especially oilladen tankers carrying an estimated 20 to 30 percent ...

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