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Author Cordesman, Anthony H.

Title Iranian weapons of mass destruction : the birth of a regional nuclear arms race? / by Anthony H. Cordesman
Published Westport, CT : Praeger Security International ; Washington, DC : Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 386 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction -- Policy, doctrine, and command -- The broader strategic context -- Iran's missile arsenal and other delivery systems -- Iran's chemical weapons (CWs) program -- Iran's biological weapons programs -- Possible nuclear weapons programs -- Strategic and warfighting implications
Summary Iran presents the most serious single security challenge in the Middle East. Its actions pose a critical potential threat to a region that dominates the world's export of oil, gas, and petroleum products and help shape the ideological struggles within Islam. Its capabilities for asymmetric and proxy warfare have steadily expanded its power and influence in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Afghanistan. Iran has also succeeded in building ties to hard-line Palestinian movements such as Hamas. This study assesses Iran's current military capabilities and presents a risk analysis approach for the future
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-386)
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Nuclear weapons -- Iran
Weapons of mass destruction -- Iran
National security -- Middle East
HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Military policy
National security
Nuclear weapons
Weapons of mass destruction
SUBJECT Iran -- Military policy
Subject Iran
Middle East
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780313380891
0313380899
0313380880
9780313380884
1282363468
9781282363465
9786612363467
6612363460