Simorgh rocket launched and tested at the Imam Khomeini Space Centre, Iran in this handout photo released by Tasnim News Agency on Thursday on July 27. Credit: Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

WASHINGTON — The Defense Intelligence Agency released a new unclassified report that highlights Iran’s space program as a means to advance that nation’s civilian and military technologies.

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...