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6 de may. de 2012 · For years, the United States and the international community have tried to negotiate an end to North Korea’s nuclear and missile development and its export of ballistic missile technology.
6 de may. de 2024 · Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the Cold War that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of a shooting war in October 1962 over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Cuban missile crisis was a major confrontation in 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of So...
- The Cuban missile crisis took place in October 1962.
- The Cuban missile crisis marked the climax of an acutely antagonistic period in U.S.-Soviet relations. It played an important part in Nikita Khrush...
- Whether the U.S. should maintain its embargo against Cuba that was inflamed by the Cuban Missile Crisis is hotly debated. Some say Cuba has not met...
The development of missiles from early history to present time is put in perspective. The influence of World War II in accelerating the development of guided missiles, particularly through German scientists, is discussed.
- M. L. Spearman
- 1983
2 de nov. de 2019 · The introduction and development of Ramjet propulsion in 1982 of SS-N-22 Sunburn led to the capability of time-critical attack of ship targets, with enhanced missile survivability from high-speed flight, high stratospheric altitude flight, and long-range standoff.
- Table of Contents
- Overview
- Early Missile Ambitions
- Current Ballistic Missile Capabilities*
- Space Launch Vehicles
- Cruise Missiles
- The Nuclear Weapon Dimension
- Key Institutions and Personnel
- International Sanctions
- Foreign Suppliers
Iran's arsenal of guided missiles is the largest and most diverse in the Middle East. Many of those missiles are large enough to carry nuclear payloads, a fact that has long been an object of international concern. In 2015, the United Nations Security Council warned Iran "not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be ca...
Iran's determination to acquire and produce missiles grew out of its war with Iraq in the 1980s. Tehran found itself ill-prepared to retaliate against Iraq's missile attacks on Iranian cities. Iran decided that, for its own protection, it had to achieve self-reliance in missile production.
Ballistic missiles can be divided into five classes based on range: close range (less than 300 kilometers), short range (300 to 1,000 km), medium range (1,000 to 3,000 km), intermediate range (3,000 to 5,500 km), and intercontinental (more than 5,500 km). As of March 2020, Iran’s ballistic arsenal is composed mainly of short and medium range missil...
At the same time Iran developed ballistic missiles, it developed space launch vehicles (SLVs). Although SLVs are stated to have a civilian and not a military purpose, they use many of the same technologies as ICBMs. Both lift and release a payload on an accurate trajectory beyond the earth’s atmosphere. As a result, many countries’ space programs h...
Cruise missiles function essentially as pilotless aircraft. They are powered by an air breathing jet engine, fly slower than a ballistic missile and close to the earth’s surface, and are guided on their entire flight path. These characteristics pose a different set of challenges to missile defense systems and thereby round out a country’s missile a...
The primary concern about Iran’s missiles is that they could deliver nuclear weapons. As of April 2020, Iran does not have the highly enriched uranium needed to fuel a nuclear weapon. However, Tehran’s progressive abandonment of restrictions on its nuclear program following the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA...
A broad network of entities are involved in Iran’s missile program. The program’s impetus flow from the top of Iran’s power structure: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has taken a special interest in missile development dating back to his presidency during the Iran-Iraq War, and the overall IRGC commander, Hossein Salami, is a former commander of the IR...
Apprehension about the objectives of Iran's ballistic missile program gave rise to international sanctions in the mid-2000s. In 2006, the U.N. Security Council adopted resolution 1737, which banned the supply of materials and technology to Iran that might aid nuclear activities or the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems. The resolution a...
According to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s 2019 report on Iran’s military power, "Iran continues to depend on foreign suppliers for critical [missile] components and technology." The success of the Iranian missile program and the speed of its development would not have been possible without extensive foreign assistance, notably from North Korea...
18 de nov. de 2013 · John F Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. For fourteen days during October 1962, the world held its breath as John F Kennedy (known as JFK) and Nikita Khrushchev tried to reach a compromise...
HISTORY. Learning from the Missile Crisis. What Really Happened on Those Thirteen Fateful Days in October. Max Frankel. October 2002. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet warheads on Cuban...
