AP: Iran, China got nuke-capable missiles

From AP, via HoustonChronicle.com:

Ukrainian weapons dealers smuggled 18 nuclear-capable cruise to Iran and China during former President Leonid Kuchma’s administration, prosecutors said today. The have the range to reach U.S. allies.

The Kh55 cruise missiles were smuggled out of four years ago, the Prosecutor General’s office said today in a statement. Prosecutors said the missiles, which have a range of 1,860 miles, were sold illegally and were not exported by Ukrainian enterprises.

March 18, 2005 9:00 AM
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