Abstract:
According to US and Israeli intelligence sources, Egyptian government owned companies that have obtained Western technology that is being sent to North Korea. The North Koreans reportedly adapt this technology and return it to Egypt in the form of advanced missile components for Egypt's medium-range ballistic missile program. Israeli sources claim that Egypt has Scud-C ballistic missiles, which have a 500km range.

The US and Israel have different opinions about the extent of Egypt's missile program. According to a senior Israeli defense source, the United States "does not want to do anything that will jeopardize its alliance with Egypt."

According to a US defense analyst, Egypt has cooperated with North Korea on missile development and is reportedly able to manufacture a version of the Scud-B ballistic missile. The US intelligence and defense communities are concerned that technology, which Egypt has sent to North Korea, is being used in the North Korean Tae-po dong long-range ballistic missile program.

Defense officials also believe that Egypt may have transferred technology from the Condor missile program, which ended in the late 1980s, to North Korea. The Condor had a range of approximately 800km-1,000km. According to Robert Walpole, a CIA intelligence officer, the Condor program, which was led by Argentina, Iraq and Egypt, was halted. He said "had it come to fruition, it would have made the No dong look like toys. It would have been a much better system."