We know that. And they were delaying and in the meantime, they were building short range and intermediate rang of ballistic missiles and they were getting to the point because They were manufacturing them [ballistic missiles] faster than what we could manufacture, our defensive capabilities. And at some stage, very, in the very near future, they would have been able to basically say, well, we're done with the nuclear negotiations, we're just going to do it. (06:54–07:00)
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Asserts that Iran was producing ballistic missiles faster than the U.S. could produce defensive capabilities.
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