A Defense Intelligence Agency report made public in support of President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system reveals that Iran could field up to 60 intercontinental ballistic missiles by 2035.
The report, a single-page graphic, stated that Iran currently has no deployed ICBMs but by 2035 will field 60 long-range missiles — more than North Korea is expected to have during the same time frame.
The DIA estimates that North Korea has 10 or fewer ICBMs in its current missile arsenal and will have up to 50 by 2035.
“Missile threats to the U.S. homeland will expand in scale and sophistication in the coming decade,” DIA said. “North Korea has successfully tested ballistic missiles with sufficient range to reach the entire Homeland, and Iran has space launch vehicles it could use to develop a militarily viable ICBM by 2035 should Tehran decide to pursue the capability.”
The report was issued in May — before the U.S. and Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran currently boasts of having the largest and most diverse missile systems in the Middle East, including seven types of short-range ballistic missiles and eight medium-range missile types.
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“The majority of systems presented here have nuclear-capable variants,” the DIA said.
The DIA report included a map that showed a potential Iranian ICBM attack on the U.S.
Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the Iranian missile arsenal is increasing in size and capability.
“Improvements in ballistic missile precision, range, mobility, warhead design and survivability (including the creation of underground missile depots) imply an increasingly lethal long-range strike capability in the hands of the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism,” he said.
