| Year/Date |
Importer |
Item(s) |
Remarks |
1987
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Egypt
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Technical assistance for Scud-B production plant
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1989
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Egypt
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Scud-B parts, improved missile components, such as guidance systems
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Information from retired Israeli Brigadier General Aharon Levran.
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Early 1990s
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Egypt
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Scud-C missile production technology
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North Korea reportedly helps Egypt set-up Scud-C production facility outside of Cairo.
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1996
March-April
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Egypt
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Seven shiploads of equipment and materials for producing Scud-C missiles
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Could have included steel sheets for Scuds and support equipment, rocket engines and guidance systems. Possible assistance for producing Scud-C TELs.
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1997
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Egypt
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Several shipments of equipment for Scud-C production
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1999
July
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Egypt
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Specialty steel
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Probably maraging steel; shipped by Chinese firm in Hong Kong.
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1999-2001
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Egypt
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50 to 300 missile experts
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2000
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Egypt, (Iraq, Libya, Syria)
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Nodong missiles and TELs
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Unconfirmed; North Korean firm Ch’ongchon’gang reportedly delivers 50 Nodong missiles and seven TELs to Syria. Missiles possibly procured on behalf of Iraq, Egypt and Libya for $600 million.
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2001
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Egypt
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24 to 50 Nodong engines
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Unconfirmed; some reports claim that delivery occurred in the first half of 2001, but others claim engines have yet to be delivered. Egypt insists that missile cooperation with North Korea ended in 1996.
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Complete citations and further details are available in the missile chronology within this country profile. This table includes all types of reported transactions: complete weapon systems, components and special materials, production technologies and information, training and human resources, etc.
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Updated March 2003 |
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Key Sources:
Agence France Press; Al-Ahram; Al-Ittihad; Al-Sharq Al-Awsat; Associated Press; Aviation Week and Space Technology; Joseph Bermudez, Jr.; CIA, “Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions, 1 July Through 31 December 2000”; Chosun Ilbo; Chugan Chosun; Defense and Foreign Affairs’ Strategic Planning Policy; Defense Week; CIA Director John Deutch; Donga Ilbo; Ha’aretz; Hankyoreh Shinmun; International Defense Review; Iran Brief; Jane’s Defense Weekly; Jane’s Intelligence Review; Jane’s Missiles and Rockets; Jerusalem Post; Jiji News Agency; Joongang Ilbo; Korea Times; Korean Central Broadcasting; Kukmin Ilbo; Kyodo News Service; Kyunghyang Shinmun; Los Angeles Times; Middle East Newsline; Mideast Mirror; New York Times; Novosti Nedeli; Sankei Shinbun; Shindonga; Sunday Telegraph; Taehan Maeil; The Times; Times of India; Toronto Star; United Press International; US News and World Report; Wall Street Journal; Washington Post; Washington Times; World Tribune; Yonhap News Agency.
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