Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump saying Iran will have ICBM soon.

Trump recently claimed that Iran is, quote,

Working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America.

This has prompted some questions about the accuracy of Trump's statements,

and whether or not it's justification for military action.

Well, it's Trump, and my firm belief is that Trump is not a source.

But we can take the claim apart into its various claims and fact-check them.

There's two separate claims in Trump's quote.

One is that Iran is actively working to build missiles,

and two, that those missiles will soon reach the U.S.

Depending on your definition of soon, this is pretty easy to fact check.

The Defense Intelligence Agency put out an assessment under Trump on this exact topic that says, quote,

missile threats to the U.S. homeland will expand in scale and sophistication in the coming

decade. China and Russia are developing an array of novel delivery systems to exploit gaps

in current U.S. ballistic missile defenses.

But traditional ballistic missiles, which are guided during powered flight and unguided

during free flight, will remain the primary threat to the homeland. North Korea has successfully tested ballistic missiles,

with sufficient range to reach the entire homeland. And Iran has space-launch vehicles. It could

use to develop a militarily viable ICBM by 2035, should Tehran decide to pursue the capability. The majority of

systems presented here have nuclear-capable variants. So, this says they could have a militarily

viable ICBM by 2035.

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