Israel
Not Just Nukes: Iran Producing Ballistic Missiles with ‘Chemical and Biological’ Warheads
Israel's defense establishment is 'providing targets and discussing the different capabilities that need to be dealt with' in a potential strike, Israeli military adviser Amir Avivi said
Adam Kredo
February 23, 2026
Iran is producing ballistic missiles armed with "chemical and biological capabilities" in preparation for a military confrontation with the United States and Israel, according to Israeli military adviser Amir Avivi, who told the Washington Free Beacon that such missiles must be "dealt with" in any strike on Iran.
"There is a discussion in the Israeli defense establishment about the possibility of chemical and biological weapons," Avivi, who served as a brigadier general with the IDF and counsels the Israeli government on defense, told the Free Beacon in an interview Monday. "We know that they have capability to send a warhead that is chemical." For decades, the U.S. government has assessed that Iran is researching and developing chemical agents, specifically "anesthetics used to incapacitate victims by targeting the central nervous system," according to the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.
"This is why we want to make sure that any attack on this regime will make sure that all these capabilities are dealt with," Avivi said.
Avivi's remarks came after he made a similar assessment at a briefing with the Israel Defense and Security Forum on Monday. The Islamic Republic is "continuing preparations for war and the production of ballistic missiles, including chemical and biological ballistic missiles, which are very, very dangerous and need to be dealt with," he said.
https://freebeacon.com/israel/not-just-nukes-iran-producing-ballistic-missiles-with-chemical-and-biological-warheads/
