German Firms Warned of Illegal Missile Technology Transfers to Iran, Syria via Third Parties

Berlin has issued a warning to several German firms that Russian criminals have transferred German missile technology to Iran and Syria, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday (see GSN, May 23).

The warning identified 15 Russian entities, including Moscow’s State Technical University, as being connected to the transfers.

“Leading-edge (German) technology sold in a completely legal fashion to Russian enterprises and research institutes has been transmitted immediately to Iranian and Syrian workshops manufacturing missiles,” Focus magazine reported in today’s edition.

Tehran has already incorporated German measuring instruments and propulsion and control systems into its Shahab 3 missile, Focus reported (Agence France-Presse/SpaceWar.com, Nov. 5).

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