The materials are expected to replenish Iran’s supply of missiles after Israeli airstrikes destroyed missile production plants in October. By Vered Weiss, World Israel NewsIran has ordered from China thousands of tons of a crucial chemical component used for making ballistic missiles, The Wall Street Journal reports.The amount Iran has purchased enough enough ammonium perchlorate to produce 800 ballistic missiles.The materials, which are expected to arrive in a few months, are believed to have been ordered before US President Donald Trump announced in March that he was pursuing a nuclear agreement with the Islamic State.According to the Journal, an Iranian company named Pishgaman Tejarat Rafi Novin Co. placed an order for ammonium perchlorate with Lion Commodities Holdings Ltd., a firm based in Hong Kong. The report noted that attempts to contact Pishgaman were unsuccessful, and the director of Lion Commodities did not respond to a request for comment.The materials are expected to replenish Iran’s supply of missiles after Israeli airstrikes destroyed missile production plants in October.Israel destroyed a at least twelve planetary mixers, which blend the components of ballistic missiles.In addition, Iran intends use the materials to continue arming its proxies, such as the Houthis in Yemen who have launched many missiles into Israel.When contacted for contact, China’s Foreign Ministry denied knowledge of the contract.“The Chinese side has always exercised strict control over dual-use items in accordance with China’s export control laws and regulations and its international obligations,” said the spokesperson.Materials from China were through to have played a role in an explosion in an southern Iranian port that killed 18 people and injured hundreds.The shipment of materials that led to that blast was sufficient to produce 260 short-range missiles, but the ingredients accidentally detonated because of a misstep by the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The post Iran purchases materials from China to make 800 ballistic missiles appeared first on World Israel News.