By Aluf Benn and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents: Israel's missile shield against Iran: Three Americans in a trailer
Talkback
Title:First nukes then ICBMs
Name:Gregor
City: State: Canada
"When one throws Russian, North Korean and Chinese missle technology together and places it in the hands of lunatics, we are courting disaster. This missile technology will give countries like Iran the capablity to reach Europe and capablity breach U.S. TBM defenses.
In 2005, Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, U.S. Navy, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, testified that "We judge Iran will have the technical capability to develop an ICBM by 2015." Source: National Intelligence Council"

Then the US may need a friend who is closer than 12000 mile away. Especially since we can probably now shave a few years off the generals estimate