Iran May Be Pairing Ballistic Missiles With Chemical Warheads, Israeli Adviser Warns – RedState
For years, the fight against Iran has focused on centrifuges, uranium stockpiles and enrichment percentages. This framework may now be obsolete. If the latest assessments are accurate, Tehran is not only moving back toward a nuclear capability, but is pairing advanced ballistic missiles with presumed chemical and biological payload potential. This is not an additional pressure. This is a strategic escalation.
Israeli military adviser Amir Avivi said the Islamic Republic “continues war preparations and production of ballistic missiles, including chemical and biological ballistic missiles, which are very, very dangerous and must be dealt with.”
Avivi, a former IDF brigadier general who now advises the Israeli government, described active discussions within the Israeli defense establishment about these unconventional capabilities.
“There is a debate within the Israeli defense establishment about the possibility of chemical and biological weapons. We know they have the capability to deliver a chemical warhead.”
This allegation completely changes the framework. Nuclear weapons are instruments of deterrence and survival of the regime. Chemical or biological warheads installed on ballistic missiles introduce a different calculus. They are designed not only to destroy infrastructure, but also to cause chaos, overwhelm civilian readiness, and paralyze decision-making. Even if this is partially accurate, it is not a marginal development. This is a move to an entirely different ladder of escalation.
Avivi also highlighted the psychological dimension of these weapons.
“This is the kind of weapon that can create mass hysteria. We know they produce ballistic missiles 24 hours a day, and the ballistic missiles they are producing now are more sophisticated than the ones they fired during the 12-day war.”
Previous reports described incidents during Iran’s domestic crackdown in which “unknown chemical substances” were allegedly deployed in several cities. Eyewitnesses reported difficulty breathing and sudden weakness. The video reviewed by the outlet reportedly showed security forces in protective gear next to trucks marked with warnings about dangerous substances.
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These images matter. If chemical agents were used internally, even in a limited way, this suggests more than just theory. It suggests inventory, handling protocols, trained personnel and delivery infrastructure. The shift from domestic repression to battlefield or missile application is not automatic, but neither is it imaginary.
ویدیوی دریافتشده از سبزوار نشان میدهد در پی تداوم خیزش ملی ایرانیان در شامگاه چهارشنبه ۱۷ دیماه، نیروهای امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی از سلاحهای غیرمتعارف برای مقابله با معترضان استفاده کردهاند. تصاویر، افرادی را با لباس و ماسک محافظ ویژه برای مواد شیمیایی خطرناک نشان میدهد که by… pic.twitter.com/QFpC3oy6Ne
– ايران اينترنشنال (@IranIntl) January 8, 2026
On the nuclear front, US special envoy Steve Witkoff issued a parallel warning in an interview.
“They’ll probably be a week away from having industrial-grade material to make bombs. And it’s really dangerous. So they can’t have that.”
Context is important. As a result of the 2025 joint strikes, Iran would currently not have access to key materials, enrichment machinery, and an operational weapons program. But senior officials are again speaking in terms of weeks when discussing the potential for enrichment under certain conditions. This alone reduces the margin for calculation error.
Taken together, these warnings reveal something larger than a simple diplomatic dispute. Claims of developing chemical and biological warheads, combined with renewed enrichment timelines, signal a regime that is testing boundaries on multiple fronts at once.
This is not panic territory. This is red flag territory. If Israel’s assessment is even partly correct, the Iranian debate is no longer limited to uranium percentages and inspection regimes. The question then becomes what type of weapons Tehran is preparing to use and what type of war it is preparing to wage. History shows that when threats evolve so quickly, they rarely remain theoretical for long.
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