Iran can plan for a small range ballistic missile - White House

The United States will monitor the situation between Iran and Russia and take appropriate measures if necessary. Iran can consider providing small -range ballistic missiles. This was stated by John Kirby, the White House Prescriber, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to him, the United States will monitor the situation between Iran and Russia and take appropriate measures if necessary. There were no details in Washington's specific steps.

In October, Iran and Russia stated that the UN missile embargo against Tehran was over. This opens up for Moscow the opportunity to openly acquire ballistic missiles from this Asian state and provide missile technologies. In terms of such risks, Western intelligence was previously warned. The US authorities representative that Iran showed his missiles to the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoig during his visit in September.

This fact "has caused anxiety that Iran is considering providing Russian ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine. " The Fateh-110 rocket appeared in 2002. It was developed on the basis of an uncontrollable Zelzal-2 missile, which, in particular, was created on the basis of Zelzal-1, one of the first most successful missiles in the initial stage of Iran's missile program.

According to military observer Alexander Kovalenko, the program of this country was repelled from the base in the form of Zelzal-1, without breaking up, even by characteristics: flight range-up to 200 km (200-300 km in Fateh-110, depending on the generation), and the mass) the combat unit-about 500 kg (500-650 kg Fateh-110, depending on the generation).