Express:
The missiles can be used to deliver payloads from conventional explosives through to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Now the Strategic Defence and Security Review has warned that terrorists “are now acquiring ballistic missile technology”.
The news came as David Cameron announced that spending on defence equipment will be boosted by £12billion to £178billion over the next decade.
The Prime Minister also said that 10,000 troops could be deployed in the event of a Paris-style terror attack on a UK city.
The SDSR warned that ballistic missiles pose a threat to the UK, the UK Overseas Territories and military bases.
Iran is understood to have given Hezbollah Fateh-110 ballistic missiles with a range of up to 220 miles.
And President Assad’s Syrian forces also have their own version of the Fateh-110 – which raises the possibility of them being seized if bases are overrun by terror groups such as Islamic State.
Last week Iraqi and US intelligence warned that Islamic State is aggressively trying to acquire deadly chemical weapons as part of its campaign against the West.
The SDSR report stated: “States outside the Euro-Atlantic area and non-state actors [terrorists] are now acquiring ballistic missile technology.”
