Since the outspoken British FM went public with the information that Iran has tested four nuclear-capable missiles, pressure has been mounting in the UNSC for another resolution condemning Iran’s military program. Indeed, the missile tests blatantly violate the sanctions the UNSC has imposed on Iran—though, of course, no one expected Iran itself to abide by those sanctions.
But who expected Iran to go without nuclear-capable ballistic missiles when North Korea exports them freely? Iran could easily get the missiles from Pakistan, or even from China, which has not abided by international non-proliferation treaties since the US stupidly sold F-16 fighters to Taiwan in the late 1990s. Indigenous or not, nuclear-capable missiles were an inevitability in the Iranian armory.
It is extremely unlikely that Iran would use ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads against Israel. It makes no sense for them to risk trying to get their few available warheads through Israeli air defenses,which are integrated with US early-warning stations. A terrorist weapon arriving in Haifa port in an inconspicuous container with no direct links to Iran is much more likely.
The West could have easily stopped the Iranian nuclear and missile programs simply by banning its oil exports. The oil-sanctions tactic was applied to Iraq with considerable results. Saudi Arabia has vowed to compensate for any oil shortages by increasing its own exports. The world’s refusal to slap Iran with oil sanctions is the clearest sign to the ayatollahs that they are welcome in the nuclear club.
All the news is lies. Iran under the Shaw got into the nuclear business in the 1950’s. With the help of its friend, the US of A, it started an aggressive program. It accelerated in 1986 (for the purpose of weapons) under the previous president, Rafsanjani, and in the early 1990’s Iran purchased completed nuclear systems from the then defunct Soviet Union and from China (mostly ICBM capability). In the 1990’s there were an estimated 15,000 advisers from Russia in Iran helping them set up their arsenal. They have been testing missiles, delivery systems, for decades. I used to be in the missile development business (I am a retired Engineer). You can only design a missile once you have the ordinance package (nuclear bomb) already determined. After all, you design a missile to carry a designated weight to a designated target with a designated arming capability. Having a missile without your bomb already designed is useless. A nuclear bomb is not so difficult to design — I know how (don’t tell anyone). Let’s go one step further. Iran has nuclear submarines to deliver a package they don’t have yet? How did Iraq (before Israel knocked out and saved the world), Pakistan, India, Korea, etc, etc, etc get nuclear capability and Iran couldn’t? Iran arranged for Syria’s nuclear capability before Israel knocked it out. Now comes the best part of the story. Iran has already tried a nuclear attack on Israel, twice. In September of 2008 with an immense dirty bomb and again in 2010 with who knows what. Do you remember seeing all the details in the news? No way!!! The news is only interested in condemning Israel when they defend themselves. That sells more media time. And never, never would Divine intervention ever be printed in media. Both cases, an act of G-d curtailed the attacks. Details are too extensive to go into here but both attempts would have started WW3. We know in Israel Who protects us and watches over us.
There was nothing stupid in selling F16s to Taiwan.
Israel should supply Taiwan with all sort of weapons. Taiwan, like India should natural allies.