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RS21252 -- Cruise Missile Proliferation
Updated July 28, 2005
Summary
About 75 countries currently possess cruise
missiles.(1) Many experts
predict that anti -- ship and land attack cruise missile proliferation will increase in terms of both
scope and technological sophistication. This report will be updated as events warrant.
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