Logically speaking, this control list will include equipment, material and technology that can be directly used in missiles, as well as missile-related dual use items.

In September, a German court found a German-Iranian businessman, Mohsen Vanaki, guilty of brokering the sale of dual-use equipment with possible applications in developing nuclear weapons.

Synthetic biology is a quintessential "dual-use" technology -with broad and varied beneficial applications but also capable of being turned to nefarious, destructive use.