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British millionaire pleads guilty of attempting to ship batteries for HAWK missiles to Iran

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British millionaire Christopher Tappin pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas to charges of attempting to sell zinc/silver oxide batteries for Hawk Air Defense Missiles to Iran via the Netherlands.

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