Pentagon Study: Missile Proliferation And Threats Surging Worldwide

Ballistic missile is launched and tested in an undisclosed location, Iran © Mahmood Hosseini / Reuters

Bloomberg: Missile Threats Surging Worldwide, U.S. Defense Study Finds

* ‘Dramatic improvements in accuracy’ cited in report on trends
* The missiles can carry nuclear or conventional warheads

Technology for ballistic and cruise missiles is advancing in countries from North Korea and Iran to Russia and China, increasing potential threats to the U.S. even if they don’t carry nuclear warheads, according to a new Pentagon report.

“Many countries view ballistic and cruise missile systems as cost-effective weapons and symbols of national power,” defense intelligence agencies said in the report obtained by Bloomberg News in advance of its release. “Many ballistic and cruise missiles are armed with weapons of mass destruction. However, numerous types of ballistic and cruise missiles have achieved dramatic improvements in accuracy that allow them to be used effectively with conventional warheads.”

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Update: Worldwide advancements in missile technologies putting US more at risk – Pentagon report (RT).

WNU Editor: Advances in technology makes these developments possible. But as bad as it is now .... the trend lines are going to get worse when these technologies become available in the next few years .... Hypersonic Weapon Defense Will Be Hard and Expensive (Popular Mechanics).