Iran's developing military capabilities
By: Anthony H. Cordesman
Contributors: Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Series: Significant issues series -- no. 4
Publisher: CSIS Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Military planning -- Iran; Iran -- Armed Forces; Iran -- Military policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Iranian conventional forces; title: Iranian military expenditures; title: Iranian arms imports; title: Other problems in Iran's military modernization; title: The Iranian army; title: Iranian tank strength; title: Other Iranian armor; title: Iranian antitank weapons; title: Iranian artillery strength; title: Iranian surface-to-surface missiles; title: Iran's Scud B missiles; title: Iran's Scud C missiles; title: Iran's Shahab missiles; title: Iranian army air defense systems; title: Iranian army aviation; title: Iranian army command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence; title: Other aspects of Iranian army capability; title: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (the Pasdaran); title: The Quds (Qods) force; title: The Basij and other paramilitary forces; title: The Iranian navy; title: Iranian antiship missiles and missile craft; title: Iranian mine warfare capabilities; title: Iranian amphibious assets; title: Iranian naval air; title: Iran's submarine forces; title: The role of the IRGC's naval branch; title: Iran's naval force deployments; title: Iran's overall naval capabilities; title: The Iranian air force; title: Iranian air strength; title: Iranian land-based air defense; title: Iranian air force readiness and effectiveness; title: Iranian capabilities to carry out attacks in the Gulf; title: The Strait of Hormuz and Gulf shipping channels; title: The Gulf coast and key facilities; title: Saudi export facilities; title: Increasing global dependence on Gulf exports; title: Iranian proliferation and weapons of mass destruction; title: The status of the Iranian chemical weapons program; title: The status of the Iranian biological weapons program; title: The status of the Iranian nuclear program; title: The uncertain character of nuclear facilities; title: Nuclear developments in 2003 and 2004; title: Iran's nuclear weapons development options; title: Possible dates for Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons; title: Iran's nuclear war-fighting doctrine and capabilities