Iran:  Shahab 3 Ballistic Missile Enters Into Service

Iran’s Shahab 3 long-range ballistic missile has formally entered into service, a Russian general said Monday (see GSN, July 8).

Three of the missiles have been transferred to Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, said Maj. Gen. Viktor Ryabchuk.  The liquid-fueled Shahab 3, based on a North Korean ballistic missile, can be fired from a mobile launching pad, making detection more difficult, according to experts (ITAR-Tass, July 21 in FBIS-SOV, July 21).

As many as 20 Shahab 3 missiles may enter into service by 2005, Anton Khlopkov, deputy director of the Russian Center for Political Research, said Monday (ITAR-Tass II, July 21 in FBIS-SOV, July 21).

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