Iran missile weapons

The main assistants in creating their own missile weapons were Russia and the DPRK . So in 1993, on the basis of the Soviet missile system Luna-M , the Zilzal missile was created.

In 1994, the Shakhab-3 ballistic missiles (the first Iranian missile capable of reaching Israeli territory ^[1] ) began to be developed on the basis of the North Korean Nodon missiles. By 2011, Iran had 40 missiles of this class ^[2] .

On August 13, 2017 , the Iranian Parliament approved a bill to increase spending on the missile program. This was in response to a recent US law allowing Washington to expand its sanctions on Tehran . ^[3]

Short Range Complexes:

• Tondar (up to 150 km)
• Fateh (less than 200 km)

Complexes of medium range :

• Shahab
• Kader

Ballistic :

• Near Range Hatf -II (180 km, 2012) ^[4]
• “Sajil” (range of 2 thousand km, 2008 )

Cruise missiles :

• Meskat ("Meshkat") with a range of 2000 km or more based on the Soviet X-55 purchased in Ukraine, missiles are ready after 2012. ^{[5] [6]}
• Triumph is the fastest sea-based KR in the world. ^[7]
• There are reliably submarines based on submarines (not anti-ship missiles) ^[8] .
• Nasr-e Basir - marine and land based missile defense with active maneuvering and homing.
• Qadir - sea and land based against sea targets (up to 300 km).

Anti-ship :

• Gader cruise missiles (range 222 km; development completed in the summer of 2011) ^[9] .

Also in the arsenal of Iran are various anti-ship missiles developed by the USA (Harpoon), China (C-series), Iran. ^[ten]

In conditions of prolonged isolation, Iran was deprived of access to a number of technologies, which inevitably affected the combat effectiveness of its missile units. There is evidence of a lack of technology to keep liquid rockets on duty for a long time. Because of this, putting the latter on duty and taking him off is accompanied by lengthy and labor-intensive procedures, which inevitably affects combat efficiency ^[11] .

On September 28, 2008, large-scale exercises “Maneuvers of the Great Prophet - IV” were held, on which the “Fateh”, “Tondar” and “Shahab” were tested. ^[12]

In January 2012, Gader, Nur (range 200 km ^[13] ) and Nasr ^[14] were tested in the Persian Gulf ^[15] as part of the Velayat-90 exercises (Leadership-90) ^[16] .

In December 2008, it became known that Iran intends to launch animals into space . In 2009, Iran acquired its own Semnan spaceport, from the territory of which the Safir-2 space launch vehicle was launched.

At the beginning of February 2010, the Pishgam capsule (the “life capsule”) was launched into space by the Kavoshgar-3 launch vehicle. On it, for the purpose of scientific research, worms , turtles and rats went into space. In 2011, Iran planned to launch a monkey into space, but this did not happen, preparatory work was stopped without explanation. On January 28, 2013, the capsule with the Pishgam monkey ^{[17] [18]} was launched into space. On December 14, 2013, Iran sent a monkey for a second time on a suborbital flight . According to the IRNA agency, the primate nicknamed Fargam spent about 15 minutes at an altitude of 120 kilometers. A booster rocket with liquid fuel was tested for the first time ^[19] .

Iran scheduled the launch of its own astronaut in 2021 ^[20] . The president of the country, Ahmadinejad , expressed hope for becoming Iran’s first astronaut at celebrations after the successful launch of a spacecraft with a monkey on board ^[21] .

However, in January 2015, the space program was finally phased out due to the exorbitant cost for a small country ^[22] .

• Ali Shamhani
• Space club
• DPRK Space Program

• Non-Conventional and Missile Weapons of Iran (Russian) (inaccessible link) . War Online website (February 18, 2002). Date of treatment February 3, 2013. Archived February 12, 2013.