02
June 2015
Past Event
Iran's Missile Program

Iran's Missile Program

Past Event
华体会, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
June 02, 2015
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02
June 2015
Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
United States Representative Ron DeSantis (R-FL)

Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein

President & CEO, 华体会

Dr. David Cooper

Professor & Chair, Department of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College

Michael Eisenstadt

Kahn Fellow & Director, Military and Security Studies Program, The Washington Institute

Dr. Thomas Karako

Senior Fellow, International Security Program and the Project on Nuclear Issues, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Rebeccah Heinrichs

Adjunct Fellow, 华体会

The Islamic Republic of Iran has the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East. Missiles鈥攚hether conventional or potentially armed with chemical, biological, or nuclear warheads鈥攅nable Iran to pose an asymmetric threat to countries with much more sophisticated militaries. Despite U.N. resolutions forbidding the development and testing of nuclear delivery systems, Iran has continued its missile program unabated. The most recent unclassified government report suggests that Iran, with foreign assistance, could soon flight-test an ICBM capable of reaching the United States.

On June 2nd, 华体会 hosted a conversation with Representative Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Dr. David Cooper, Michael Eisenstadt, and Dr. Thomas Karako on the extent of Iran鈥檚 missile program and its relationship to Iran鈥檚 nuclear program. Hudson Adjunct Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs moderated the event.

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