Israeli report: Iran acquired missiles capable of striking Europe
{{date|April 27, 2006}}
[[w:Israel|Israel]]'s intelligence chief Major General Amos Yadlin was quoted by the Haaretz newspaper as saying that BM-25 missiles from [[w:North Korea|North Korea]] had arrived in [[w:Iran|Iran]]. Earlier, a German diplomat confirmed that his country's intelligence sources had recovered information about such an Iran-North Korea missile deal. The BM-25s (which were originally manufactured in the USSR as SSN6s) are capable of delivering nuclear payloads. These weapons have a range of around 2500 kilometres,which brings Europe within striking distance. Teheran already possesses Shihab-4 class missiles which are capable of hitting Israel.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/060427/137/63txh.html|title=Iran has missiles that put Europe in range - report|author=Reuters|pub=Yahoo! News|date=27 April 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2BB6CAD9-9E22-4773-B2E9-9092DF52A849.htm|title=Israel: Iran missiles can reach Europe|author=[[w:Associated Press|Associated Press]]|pub=Aljazeera.net|date=27 April 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18950329%255E663,00.html|title= Missile can hit Europe|author=|pub=Herald Sun|date=27 April 2006}}

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[[Category:Iran]]
[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
[[Category:Nuclear weapons]]
Israel's intelligence chief Major General Amos Yadlin was quoted by the Haaretz newspaper as saying that BM-25 missiles from North Korea had arrived in Iran. Earlier, a German diplomat confirmed that his country's intelligence sources had recovered information about such an Iran-North Korea missile deal. The BM-25s (which were originally manufactured in the USSR as SSN6s) are capable of delivering nuclear payloads. These weapons have a range of around 2500 kilometres,which brings Europe within striking distance. Teheran already possesses Shihab-4 class missiles which are capable of hitting Israel.
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