Iran – very close to assembling the nuke cruise missiles – the danger to the whole world
Sudhir Chadda, Special Correspondent
February 04, 2005

Reports from Tehran shows Iran is in the final stages of assembling one dozen nukes. Yesterday reports from Ukraine informed the world that Iran bought close to six Soviet era cruise missiles that can be loaded with nukes and has 1850 miles range. When the news media combined the two reports, the general conclusion is that the world is very close to some real nuke problems. If Iranian regime gets hold of nukes, it is dangerous for the whole world including America, India and Israel. Another factor of real danger comes from the fact that Iran may in a clandestine fashion transport these nuke missiles to Al-Queda or other militants like Hamas. 

An investigation by the Ukrainian secret police has found that Iran and China bought long-range missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads from Ukraine, one of the country's politicians said on Wednesday. 
Grigory Omelchenko, an ally of the country's new leadership and a former head of the anti-mafia committee in the Ukrainian parliament, claimed on Wednesday that Ukraine's SBU secret police had found that 12 Kh-55s were illegally exported in 1999-2001. He said six of the air-to-ground cruise missiles were sold to Iran, and six to China. 

The Kh-55 - which the US calls the AS-15 - has a highly accurate guidance system and a range of up to 3,000km, which would put Israel in striking distance of Iran. The missile was part of the Soviet bomber fleet weaponry left behind in Ukraine. 

Iran is closer than ever to producing neutron initiators--a crucial triggering mechanisms for nuclear bombs--as a result of successful experiments at the Lavizan II site near Tehran, a spokesman for an Iranian opposition group speaking at a news conference said. The spokesman added that Iran has obtained enough beryllium to produce initiators for a dozen bombs in purchases it has sought to conceal from the International Atomic Energy Agency.