SteeljawscribeGot Pyrolytic graphite for your jet vanes ? No? Umm, too bad… (fast forward to 2:33, 3:01 and 3:10):
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(Detailed analysis over at ArmsControlWonk ) Incidentally, pyrolytic graphite is a Category II controlled item under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) which, unfortunately, does not include two of the greatest missile technology proliferators of record, China and North Korea (note that Iran is also not a partner).
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[...] Presumably a modified version of the Shahab-3 would be used to loft a nominal 35-40 lb object (ostensibly named Safir - Persian for “emissary’) into low orbit. Recall that America’s first satellite, Explorer, was about 53 lbs and was launched on the Jupiter-C, a derivative of the Redstone MRBM which itself was derived from the V-2. Ironically, the Shahab is a derivative of the SCUD which itself was derived from…the V-2. We would expect the launch to be fairly soon. Still, given Iran’s past history, there is a reason they call it rocket science. [...]