re: #118 Dr. Shalit

The Iranians don’t buy the missiles directly, but have largely based their designs on North Korean (and Chinese/Russian) designs. Two-stage missiles are more than sufficient to fire a payload more than 1,000 miles. A 3-stage missile would have achieved orbit, although the size of the payload is a mystery. Some suggest the payload size was not much bigger than the size of Sputnik - tiny indeed. However, using the same 3-stage missile, you could boost a larger payload a heck of a long distance. And that’s the worrisome part.