Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the range of the ballistic missiles possessed by (a) North Korea and (b) Iran; and if he will make a statement.
The DPRK has successfully flown the No Dong medium range ballistic missile with an approximate range of 1,500km. Additionally the DPRK has paraded intercontinental ballistic missiles with claimed ranges up to 13,000km, but these have not been flight tested yet. We assess that Iran’s longest-range ballistic missiles are the Ashura and Shahab III, both medium-range ballistic missiles with a range of approximately 2,000km. We continue to call on both countries to refrain from conducting further ballistic missile testing in violation of UNSCRs prohibiting such testing.