Iran's developing military capabilities

Iran's developing military capabilities / Anthony H. Cordesman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cordesman, Anthony H.
Corporate Author: Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : CSIS Press, c2005.
Series:Significant issues series ; v. 27, no. 4
Subjects:
Military planning > Iran.
Iran > Armed Forces.
Iran > Military policy.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Iranian conventional forces
  • Iranian military expenditures
  • Iranian arms imports
  • Other problems in Iran's military modernization
  • The Iranian army
  • Iranian tank strength
  • Other Iranian armor
  • Iranian antitank weapons
  • Iranian artillery strength
  • Iranian surface-to-surface missiles
  • Iran's Scud B missiles
  • Iran's Scud C missiles
  • Iran's Shahab missiles
  • Iranian army air defense systems
  • Iranian army aviation
  • Iranian army command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence
  • Other aspects of Iranian army capability
  • The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (the Pasdaran)
  • The Quds (Qods) force
  • The Basij and other paramilitary forces
  • The Iranian navy
  • Iranian antiship missiles and missile craft
  • Iranian mine warfare capabilities
  • Iranian amphibious assets
  • Iranian naval air
  • Iran's submarine forces
  • The role of the IRGC's naval branch
  • Iran's naval force deployments
  • Iran's overall naval capabilities
  • The Iranian air force
  • Iranian air strength
  • Iranian land-based air defense
  • Iranian air force readiness and effectiveness
  • Iranian capabilities to carry out attacks in the Gulf
  • The Strait of Hormuz and Gulf shipping channels
  • The Gulf coast and key facilities
  • Saudi export facilities
  • Increasing global dependence on Gulf exports
  • Iranian proliferation and weapons of mass destruction
  • The status of the Iranian chemical weapons program
  • The status of the Iranian biological weapons program
  • The status of the Iranian nuclear program
  • The uncertain character of nuclear facilities
  • Nuclear developments in 2003 and 2004
  • Iran's nuclear weapons development options
  • Possible dates for Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons
  • Iran's nuclear war-fighting doctrine and capabilities.

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