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Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen Kenneth McKenzie laid out the biggest challenges in the region.<\/span>
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He said Iran represented the biggest day-to-day danger to regional security and would become much more dangerous if it were able to acquire nuclear arms.  <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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'My concern is, first of all, that they not have that nuclear weapon but I am also very concerned about the remarkable growth in number and efficiency of their ballistic missile force, their [unmanned aerial vehicle] program, their long-range drones and their land-attack cruise missile program,' he said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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'All of those concern me.'<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Talks to bring Iran and the U.S. back into a nuclear deal have stalled in Vienna.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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'They have over 3000 ballistic missiles of various types, some of which can reach Tel Aviv - to give you an idea of range,' said McKenzie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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'None of them can reach Europe yet, but over the last five to seven years they have invested heavily in their ballistic missile programme. <\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2022-03-16 09:01:01","content_date_finish":"2022-03-16 09:01:01","content_date_register":"2022-03-16 09:07:37","content_date_last_edit":"2022-03-16 09:07:40","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"2407460232","attach_date_register":"2022-03-16 09:07:30","attach_id":"501163","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"640","attach_img_height":"427","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"436","visit_date_last":"2025-05-13 11:04:40","attach_title":"Top US general: Iran has 3,000 ballistic missiles that can hit Israel 2","node_title":"news,Top news,Latest news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":143, \"left\":47, \"right\":48},{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50}]"}]]