Syria Steps Up Missile Production

A screen capture from a video purporting to show the Syrian Army firing a Scud missile (image capture: YouTube)

Bypassing Sanctions And With Help From Iran, Syria Steps Up Missile Production -- Times of Israel

Jane’s Defence Weekly says Assad regime is churning out rockets at pre-war rates, including ones slated for Hezbollah

Syria is accelerating its production of missiles and rockets, effectively circumventing international sanctions imposed on it, according to the authoritative Jane’s Defence Weekly.

The magazine, which deals with military and security matters, presented evidence that the regime has upgraded its weapons capacity with the assistance of countries including Iran, North Korea and Belarus.

Jane’s reported that the Syria Scientific Studies and Research Center is responsible for the production of chemical weapons in Syria and oversees most of the regime’s missile projects. Yet according to the magazine, officials in the international community, including the UN, Russia and the United States, do not supervise the operations of the research center and have not imposed specific sanctions on it.

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Update: Report: Iran, North Korea Helping Syria Resume Building Missiles -- National Journal/Global Security Newswire

My Comment: It looks like the Syrian regime and their allies are looking ahead when the Syrian civil war is over.