Arms dealers accused of selling missiles to Iran

Ukrainian weapons dealers smuggled cruise missiles to Iran and to China, prosecutors said today.

Fri, 18 Mar, 2005 - 14:23

Ukrainian weapons dealers smuggled cruise missiles to Iran and to China, prosecutors said today.

The Prosecutor General’s office in Kiev said that 18 Kh55 nuclear-capable cruise missiles were smuggled out of Ukraine and sold illegally to Iran and China.

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