The spy services' assessment features in a new classified national intelligence estimate (NIE) on Iran, the official told AFP, confirming a Wall Street Journal report.
'The current thinking of the US intelligence community that there is in fact a serious debate inside the Iranian regime whether to continue or not with a nuclear weapons program,' said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
'Our sense is they haven't reached a conclusion yet.'"
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NATO Missile Defense for Europe
NATO has agreed to provide ballistic missile defense or BMD for all of Europe. This NATO BMD will protect NATO (European and American) military forces in Europe. It will also – for the very first time – protect the civilian population throughout Europe from ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction launched from the Middle East.
Much of this NATO missile defense for Europe – known as the European Phased Adaptive Approach – will actually be provided by the United States armed forces. This will include seaborne AEGIS missile defense on board US Navy ships in the Mediterranean, as well as land based radars and interceptor missiles.
This e-book describes how NATO missile defense for Europe will be organized and implemented.
