Russians help Iran with missile threat to Europe

Former members of the Russian military have been secretly helping Iran to acquire technology needed to produce missiles capable of striking European capitals.

The Russians are acting as go-betweens with North Korea as part of a multi-million pound deal they negotiated between Teheran and Pyongyang in 2003. It has enabled Teheran to receive regular clandestine shipments of top secret missile technology, believed to be channelled through Russia.

Western intelligence officials believe that the technology will enable Iran to complete development of a missile with a range of 2,200 miles, capable of hitting much of Europe. It is designed to carry a 1.2-ton payload, sufficient for a basic nuclear device.

The revelation raises the stakes in the confrontation between Iran's Islamic regime and the West - led by the United States and European countries including Britain.

Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, clashed with Russian officials over Iran's nuclear programme during a visit to Moscow yesterday, saying that Teheran must fulfil its obligations under the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty.

She was later expected to urge President Vladimir Putin to back a referral of Iran to the United Nations Security Council.

A senior American official said Iran's programme was "sophisticated and getting larger and more accurate. They have had very much in mind the payload needed to carry a nuclear weapon.

Iran is believed to be hiding its weapons development behind its nuclear power programme, for which it receives Russian support, and has refused to suspend uranium enrichment or to allow full UN inspections.

John Bolton, the US ambassador to the UN, told BBC2's Newsnight that Iran was "determined to get nuclear weapons deliverable on ballistic missiles it can then use to intimidate not only its own region but possibly to supply to terrorists".

Iran's longest-range missile is the Shahab 3, which, with an 800-mile range, could hit Israel. The North Korean deal will allow the Iranian missile to reach targets far into Europe - including Rome, Berlin, and much of France.

North Korea has developed a missile, the Taepo Dong 2, that could reach America's west coast, based on the submarine-launched Soviet SSN6. Modifications allow it to be fired from a land-based transporter and this technology is being smuggled to Teheran with Russian help.

Russians have provided production facilities, diagrams and operating instruction so the missile can be built in Iran. Liquid propellant has been shipped to Iran. Russian specialists have also been sent to Iran to help development of its Shahab 5 missile project, which the Iranians hope to have operational by the end of the decade.

"That is why there will be no opposition to Russia's plans for the Middle East oil jackpot. America as a free Nation will no longer exist at that point."

Unfortunately I believe this monstrous plan may very well be the deleterious quagmire of no return we shall discover ourselves confronting as Putin & the Red China sucker everyone in via 'free' trade, while they are arming to the teeth and supplying Iran, Syria, who in turn are arming Hamas, Hizballah and other Islamic death cultists. It also looks like all the key geostrategic chess players are maneuvering in place.

Confirming Data:

Israel Remembers Auschwitz, Keeps Eye on Syria, Iran Nukes

SS-26 Stone / Iskander (-E)

RUSSIA BARES ITS TEETH TO ISRAEL

Enter Hugo..

Venezuela seeks nuclear technology

Iskander / SS-26

Check out this data from last Jan-05:

"Russia plans to add two new submarines and seven Topol-M ICBMs to its strategic arsenal, First Deputy Defense Minister Col.-Gen. Alexander Belousov said Friday (see GSN, Jan. 6). The two planned submarines are set to be armed with the new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, he said (Vladimir Radyuhin, The Hindu, Jan. 30).source "

And this:

"Russia plans to purchase six S-400 air-defense systems this year, according to Deputy Defense Minister Oleg Belousov (see GSN, Jan. 21)." source "

"The S-400 antimissile system has a range of up to 240 miles, Agence France-Presse reported. Belousov did not say where the systems would be deployed or discuss their anticipated cost (Agence France-Presse, Jan. 28)."

US Opposes Russian Missile Sale to Syria

"The United States Wednesday registered its opposition to a reported pending sale of advanced Russian surface-to-surface missiles to Syria. Such action could lead to U.S. sanctions against Russian exporters."

"Syria has long had a large arsenal of Soviet-era Scud ground-to-ground missiles. But news reports from Russia say Moscow is ready to sell the Damascus government a vastly updated version of the Scud, the Iskander or SS-26 missile, that would be capable of pinpoint strikes against targets within a 300 kilometer range, which would include all Israeli territory."

This too..

3M14 Bulava SS-N-30

Also:

Moscow Arms Assad with a Top-Flight Surface to Surface Missile

Politics & Policies: Syria on the warpath?

And these:

Russia has pledged to complete development of a surface-to-surface missile that has been marketed to Iran and Syria.

SS-X-27 TOPOL M

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SS-27 - Topol-M (Bulava is a submarine launched version of the SS-27)the SS-27 is designed to be able to withstand nuclear blasts closer than 500 m

The SS-27 is currently portrayed as being immune to any ABM defense the United States can put into being. The missile is capable of making evasive maneuvers as it approaches the target, enabling it to evade any terminal phase interceptors. It almost certainly also carries countermeasures and decoys to increase the chances of its success.

The warhead is shielded against radiation, electromagnetic interference and physical disturbance; previous missiles could be disabled by detonating a nuclear warhead within ten kilometers (6 miles). This vulnerability is the basis behind the use of nuclear ground-based interceptors, to detonate or damage the missile before it reaches its target.

However, the SS-27 is designed to be able to withstand nuclear blasts closer than 500 m, a difficult interception when combined with the terminal phase speed and maneuverability. While the boost phase is the most vulnerable time for the SS-27, it remains protected. Hidden safely within missile silos and mobile launchers, a successful boost-phase interceptor would have to be fired from near or within Russian borders or from space.

The SS-27 is also designed to survive a strike from any laser technology available, rendering any current space-based laser useless. The missile highlights the need for considerably more research into missile defenses, as the United States is currently defenseless while Russia is protected by a functional defense system.

The SS-27 can currently strike any target within the continental United States and the placement of SS-NX-30 missiles would enable worldwide deployment.

The placement of such advanced missiles on modern submarines would make it nearly impossible to successfully prevent a missile launch, while current ABM technology is insufficient to prevent its successful impact. As a solid propellant design, it can be maintained on alert for prolonged periods of time and can launch within minutes of being given the order.

Its confirmed single 550 kT warhead is sufficient for the depopulation of cities, which combined with its survivability, makes it an ideal retaliatory weapon. The SS-27 and the SS-NX-30 enables Russia to guarantee a successful nuclear response.

The SS-27 and the SS-NX-30 also have considerable utility as a first strike weapon.source

Strategic Nuclear Forces of the World, April 2005

Moscow rebuffs Rice effort to take Iran nuclear issue to UN

Israel Maintains Option To Strike Iran Nukes

Target = Mullahs & their nukes & any Russian advisors..

(Russia and China oppose any sanctions against Iran. Taking direct aim at the United States, Ahmadinejad accused "those who have actually used nuclear weapons, ...{Israel News Agency, Israel 10-18-2005}

America's Catastrophic Nuclear Administration

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