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Source: http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/me_iran1131_11_16.asp
Iran Equips Proxy's Rockets with Guidance Systems
(World Tribune) Iran and its allies have converted their unguided rockets into guided weapons, transforming the rocket arsenals of Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran and Syria from a terror threat to a military threat. "We are facing a significant leap in the projectile capability," said Israeli Brig.-Gen. Doron Gavish, chief of the Air Defense Command. Uzi Rubin, former head of the Israel Missile Defense Organization, said, "The enemy has achieved aerial supremacy without even having aircraft." Rubin said Iran's Fateh-110 rocket, which has an enhanced range of 300 km. and has been exported to Hizbullah and Syria, has become fully-guided. This would enable Hizbullah and Syria to strike critical Israeli facilities with dozens rather than hundreds of rockets. Syria was also said to be enhancing the guidance system on its Scud-D ballistic missile, tipped with a chemical warhead. Rubin said Hizbullah and Syria have 1,500 warheads could strike the Tel Aviv area. "This is a revolution," he said.