Iran's Developing Military Capabilities

Military analyst Cordesman (of the Center for Strategic and International Studies) assesses the range of Iran's military capabilities, basing his work on publicly available and classified documents. Spending, troop and material strengths, and systems and infrastructure are covered. Capabilities of carrying out attacks in the Persian Gulf are considered. A concluding chapter discusses the status of possible weapons of mass destruction programs. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR