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Iran's hypersonic missile

Tuesday, 13 June 2023 3:45 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 13 June 2023 3:45 PM ]

Although success usually has a thousand fathers, Irans missile program is said to have had just one: Hassan Tehrani-Moghadam. Tehrani-Moghadam laid the foundation for Irans domestic missile production by reverse-engineering missiles during the imposed Iraq war on Iran and today most of the developments in this field are still linked to him.

Tehrani-Moghadam prioritized precision, destructive power, range, health of missiles up until impact, radar evasion, and concealment until launching as vectors for developing Iranian missile power. Until his death on November 12, 2011, from a reported accident on a missile base, Tehrani-Moghadam was working towards his dream of a ballistic projectile that would deter the enemies of the country.

For decades, the United States and Zionist regime have sought to constrain Irans missile program, but despite their efforts to impede Iranian procurement of missile-related materials, equipment, and technology, assassination of Iranian scientists and multitude of illegal sanctions, Iran has managed to acquire the largest and most diverse missile force in the West Asia region.

Consistently, Iran unveiled what has been described as its first-ever domestically-made hypersonic ballistic missile Fattah, on June 6. The missile is said to be capable of traveling at hypersonic speeds of up to 13 times the speed of sound and can reportedly penetrate the most advanced missile defence systems.

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