From Center for Strategic and International Studies
By Anthony H. Cordesman
Iranian Conventional Forces
The Iranian Army
Iranian Tank Strength
Other Iranian Armor
Iranian Anti-Tank Weapons
Iranian Artillery Strength
Iranian Surface-to-Surface Missiles
Iran’s Scud B Missiles
Iran’s Scud C Missiles
Iran’s Shahab Missiles
Iranian Army Air Defense Systems
Iranian Army Aviation
Iranian Army Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I)
Other Aspects of Iranian Army Capability
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Pasdaran)
The Quds (Qods) Forces
The Basij and Other Paramilitary Forces
The Iranian Navy
The Iranian Air Force
Iranian Air Strength
Iranian Land-based Air Defense
Iranian Air Force Readiness and Effectiveness
Iranian Capabilities to Carry Out Attacks in the Gulf
Iranian Proliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Status of the Iranian Chemical Weapons Program
The Status of the Iranian Biological Weapons Program
The Status of the Iranian Nuclear Program
The Uncertain Character of Nuclear Facilities
Nuclear Developments in 2003 and 2004
Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Development Options
Possible Dates for Iran’s Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons
Iran’s Nuclear Warfighting Doctrine and Capabilities
Iran’s Past Search For Nuclear Weapons
Iranian Statements and Denials Regarding Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapons Efforts Under the Shah
The Revitalization of Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Effort
Creeping Proliferation Under Rafsanjani
Chinese Reactor Deals
Russian Reactor Deals
Longer-term Reactor Programs
Reactors and Proliferation
Proliferation and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Iranian Nuclear Weapons Facilities
Scare Reports and Deliberate Misinformation
The NPT, IAEA Inspections, and Deniability
Iran’s Current Efforts
Delivery Systems
Chemical Weapons
Biological Weapons
Nuclear Weapons
Missile Defenses