Latest DoD Guestimate on Iran's Missile Capability

Is it my imagination or is the DoD consistently running a day late and a dollar short on the question of just when Iran will join the Kaboom Klub? According to the latest guestimate, we have nothing to worry about until at least 2015.


Iranian Missile May Be Able to Hit U.S. by 2015
By Mike Emanuel
- FOXNews.com

U.S. Defense Department report also says Iranians have gone to great lengths to protect its nuclear infrastructure from physical destruction including using buried and hardened facilities.
"With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States by 2015," says a new 12 page unclassified report prepared by the Department of Defense on the Iran Military Threat.

The report says Iran's military strategy is designed to defend against external or "hard" threats from the United States and Israel. "Iran's nuclear program and its willingness to keep open the possibility to develop nuclear weapons is a central part of its deterrent strategy," according to the report.

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The report outlines Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities and developments saying it is "keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons," which is consistent with what we've heard from a wide range of U.S. officials. It says the Iranians have gone to great lengths to protect its nuclear infrastructure from physical destruction including using buried and hardened facilities.
The final aspects of the report review the regime's efforts to improve ballistic and cruise missile capabilities.

The rest is here but it's not rated "unclassified" for nothing.