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Updated October 2003
Missile Imports
| Year/Date | Exporter | Item(s) | Remarks |
| 1950s to 1960s | USSR | Short-range Frog-4 and Frog-5 missiles | |
| Late 1960s through late 1970s | USSR | Around 1,000 70km-range FROG-7 and 280km Scud-B missiles | |
| 1970 | USSR | A brigade of 36 Luna M (Frog-7A) missiles with transporter-erector launchers (TELs) | |
| 1970 | USSR | $250 million worth of Soviet weapons, mostly in aircraft and missiles | |
| 1971 | USSR | $420 million worth of Soviet arms, mostly in aircraft and missiles | |
| 1973 | Iraq | Unknown number of Scud missiles | |
| 1973 | USSR | Nuclear-armed Scud missiles | US defense officials confirm that these Scud missiles can carry nuclear or conventional warheads. |
| 1974 | USSR | 24 SS-1C surface-to-surface missiles | |
| 1980s | North Korea | Advanced missile components for medium-range ballistic missile program from North Korea's Nodong and the Taepodong missiles | |
| December 1983 | USA | 16 Harpoon missiles | |
| 25 October 1984 | USA | Unspecified number of Harpoon missiles | |
| 1985-1988 | Argentina | 12 solid-fuel rocket motors | |
| 1987 | North Korea | Technical assistance | North Korea provides assistance to establish a Scud-B production plant in Egypt. |
| 1990-1991 | North Korea | Technical assistance | North Korea assists Egypt in establishing a Scud-C production facility near Cairo. |
| July 1991 | US company McDonnell Douglas Aerospace | 20 Harpoon missiles | |
| July 1991 | Soviet Union | Scud-B missiles | |
| July 1992 | Saudi Arabia | 12 missile engines and missile expertise | |
| August 1994 | US company McDonnell Douglas Aerospace | 16 Harpoon missiles | |
| 1995-1996 | Russia | The 70km FROG-7 and the 300km Scud-B | |
| March-April 1996 | North Korea | Seven shiploads of equipment and materials for producing Scud-C missiles, assistance to produce Scud-C TELs and a variant with a greater range (450km) under Project T | According to the CIA, the shipments include "steel sheets for Scuds and support equipment," but the Korean press describes the shipments as containing "rocket motors and guidance systems." |
| April 1996 | USA | Installation and integration capabilities for Harpoon missiles and GBU-15 weapons, and 40 SM-1 Standard missiles | |
| May 1996 | US company McDonnell Douglas Aerospace | Seeker test assemblies with related spares for a Harpoon Weapons Station | Egypt receives 10 percent of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace's $17 million contract for the manufacture of Harpoon Launch Systems and spare parts for Foreign Military Sale (FMS). |
| December 1996 | US company McDonnell Douglas Aerospace | 24 Harpoon missiles | |
| 1997 | North Korea | Ballistic missile-related technology components | |
| August 1997 | US Company McDonnell Douglas Aerospace | $346,000 worth of US Harpoon launch systems | |
| November 1997 | USA | 105 Harpoon missiles, 31 launch kits, 53 sections, 8 spares, 95 shipping containers, integrated logistics support, and depot support equipment engineering services | |
| December 1997 | US Navy | Harpoon and SLAM missiles worth $12.5 million | |
| September 1998 | US company Sparta Inc. | Missile and space intelligence command lab support services worth $42.5 million | |
| November 1998 | USA | Harpoon Weapon Station seeker test assemblies with associated spare parts worth $1.8 million | |
| December 1998 | US company McDonnell Douglas Aerospace | Unspecified amount of Harpoon missiles, ballistic air test vehicles, launch kits, midcourse guidance units, guidance sections, sustainer sections, booster sections, exercise sections, booster kit assemblies and containers | |
| March 1999 | North Korea | Intermediate-range missile technology | |
| March 1999 | US company Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems | 24 AN/APG-68 radars capable of integrating with Boeing's Harpoon anti-ship missile | |
| October 1999 | US | Equipment to help build the gun barrel of M1A1 Abrams Tanks, which can also used in developing ballistic missiles | |
| October 1999 | North Korea via Hong Kong | A shipment of steel used for missiles | |
| May 2000 | North Korea | Missile expertise in ballistic missile development | |
| June 2000 | US company McDonnell Douglas Aerospace | $3.6 million of weapon system production requirements consisting of All Up Round (AUR) cans, AUR containers, sustainer sections, sustainer section containers, rocket motor assembly, guidance sections with government-furnished equipment seeker, control section, control section container, guidance control units, AUR TARTARs, exercise section, TARTAR launch kits, TARTAR AUR containers, TARTAR booster assembly kits, seekers, canister firing kits, capsule canister launch kits, missile booster kit assemblies, section container, sustainer containers, rocket motor booster container, and seeker assembly containers | |
| May 2001 | Germany via North Korea | Components to develop the 450km Project T missile, the 900km Al Bader [Badr 2000], and the 1200km Vector missile | |
| 2001 | North Korea | A shipment of 50 North Korean engines, a shipment of 24 North Korean Nodong missiles with a range of 1200km | Unconfirmed; some reports claim that delivery occurred in the first half of 2001, but others claim engines have yet to be delivered. Egypt insists that missile cooperation with North Korea ended in 1996. |
| May 2002 | North Korea | 23 Nodong missiles | These missiles reportedly can deliver nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. |
| June 2002 | USA | 50 Harpoon Block II missiles | The land-attack feature of these missiles was eliminated due to Israel's objection. |
Key Sources: Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.; Associated Press; Jane's Intelligence Review; Flight International; The Independent; Andrew Gowers; David Buchan; Financial Times; Washington Post; Aerospace Daily; International Defense Review; Jane's Defense Weekly; Middle East Defense News; New York Times; Jerusalem Post; Aviation Week & Space Technology; Defense Daily; Department of Defense news release; Washington Times; Middle East Newsline; United Press International; Al-Ahram (Cairo); Al-Wasat (London); Haaretz (Tel Aviv); Al-Akhbar (Cairo); Al-Sharq al-Awsat (London); Agence France Presse; Mideast Mirror; CIA Report On Arms Acquisitions by Selected Nations; al-Ittihad (Abu Dhabi); Air Force Magazine; Bill Gertz; Los Angeles Times; Arms Sales Monitor; Federal News Service; Center for Nonproliferation Studies; Youssef M. Ibrahim; The Times (London); Christian Science Monitor; Cairo Press Review.
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