For example, as noted in the Center's Decision Brief of 15 September 1993 entitled Will the Senate Give Russia a Subsidy to Serve as the Radical Entente's 'Fed-Ex' Service? (No. 93-D 79), Russia's sizeable airlift fleet is being utilized to provide rapid, secure transport of North Korean extended-range Scud-C missiles to Syria.
The report, which was signed by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and sent to senators and U.S. representatives on defense committees, said Iran is continuing to develop other missiles that can hit Israel and Eastern Europe, including an extended-range Shabab-3 and a medium-range ballistic missile called the Ashura that can fly more than 1, 200 miles.