Iran’s Missile Technology Development and Its Regional Implications

This article intends to evaluate Iran’s missile technology development and its implications for the Middle East. Iran has persistently faced growing threats because of its strategic milieu and multiple neighbors. Hence, the country has chosen deterrence strategy in which the missile technology is utmost importance. Iran has put emphasis on improvement of its missile capabilities. The main question of the article is what are the main implications of development and progress of Iran’s missile technology for the Middle East? The article tests the hypothesis, with an emphasis on descriptive-explanatory method, that the main implications of the development of Iran’s missile technology relate to Israel and GCC countries. While Israel uses missile and anti-missile systems in order to respond to Iran’s missile development, the GCC countries have emphasized security and military alliances with transregional powers, especially the United States and have used missile its defense umbrella.