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Failed Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile Test Boosts US Concern Over Iran-North Korea Military Alliance

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Iran’s unsuccessful test launch of a cruise missile from a submarine in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday…
Iran’s unsuccessful test launch of a cruise missile from a submarine in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday is fueling the Trump administration’s concern about the Islamic Republic’s growing military spending, as well as the Tehran regime’s long-standing cooperation with North Korea on military hardware development.
US officials said that an Iranian Yono-class “midget” submarine conducted the missile launch on Tuesday, but the test failed.
The Yono is produced by North Korea, which both exports the submarine and uses it in its own navy. A North Korean Yono submarine is believed to have launched the torpedo that sank a South Korean navy vessel in March 2010.
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Tuesday’s failed test also provided US intelligence with further insight into the collaboration between Iran and North Korea on missile development.
“The very first missiles we saw in Iran were simply copies of North Korean missiles, ” Jeffrey Lewis, a missile proliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey told Fox News this week.

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