Reply #9: Here's a couple assessments - check out Straits of Hormuz

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http://www.fas.org/news/iran/1996/6423641-6427508.htm



"While Iran's nuclear capability may be years away, its chemical
weapons program is already the largest in the Third World, Eisenstadt
said. "It can produce several hundred tons of chemical agent a year
and may have produced as much as 2,000 tons of agent to date."

"...deemed the bulk of Iran's conventional capability as
"relatively modest," the country's potential to strike at sensitive
targets in the Persian Gulf and even close the Straits of Hormuz
temporarily make the Iranian Navy a threat of some consequence to the
United States and its allies."

Videos:

http://www.defencetalk.com/military_videos/military_videos/iran_military_power_show_20060828.php