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Iran to start mass-delivery of different ballistic missiles to its armed forces 0703144.
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Iran
to start mass-delivery of different ballistic missiles to its armed forces. |
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The
Iranian defense ministry started the mass-delivery of different ballistic
missiles, including Qadr,
Qiam, Fateh
110 and Khalij-e
Fars missiles, as well as Mersad
air defense system to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps
(IRGC) and Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. |
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 This photo released on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 by the Iranian Defense Ministry, shows Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, center, and two top Revolutionary Guard commanders walk past Qadr and Qiam missiles in an undisclosed location in Iran. |
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“The specialists of the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Organization displayed the defense industry' power and capability in providing the Armed Forces' needs to the most advanced missile equipment by supplying them with Qadr, Qiam, Fateh 110 and Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf) ballistic missiles and Mersad air defense system and showed that the different and comprehensive sanctions of the enemies imposed strictly and specially on our defense sector have totally failed to undermine their resolve and determination,” Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said, addressing a ceremony held to mark the delivery of the new missile systems to the IRGC and Khatam Ol-Anbia Air Defense Base. “These missiles can strike and destroy enemy targets with a high precision capability and provide for a wide range of the Armed Forces’ needs to missiles with different ranges,” he added. Dehqan underlined
that all these missiles have been built by Iranian specialists, and
said, “Today the Armed Forces enjoy such a high degree of defensive
capabilities that they can counter back any kind of threat posed from
beyond the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Qadr is a 2000km-range, liquid-fuel and ballistic missile which can reach territories as far as Israel. Qiam is also a new type of surface to surface and cruise missile. The Fateh 110 is a short-range, road-mobile, solid-propellant, high-precision ballistic missile with advanced navigation and control systems. The Fateh-110 has been designed and developed by the Iranian experts in the Defense Ministry's Aerospace Organization and has not been modeled on any foreign product. The supersonic Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf) missile, which carries a 650-kilogram payload, is smart and immune to interception, and features high-precision systems. The supersonic ballistic missile is the most advanced and most important missile of the IRGC Navy. The distinctive feature of the missile lies in its supersonic speed and trajectory. While other missiles mostly traverse at subsonic speeds and in cruise style, Khalij-e Fars moves vertically after launch, traverses at supersonic speeds, finds the target through a smart program, locks on the target and hit it. The range of the solid-fuel missile is 300km and it can be fired from triple launchers. The missile could successfully hit a mobile target one-tenth of an aircraft carrier in its early tests. |
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Also,
Mersad Air Defense Missile System is a completely
indigenized system developed by the Iranian experts and technicians to
promote the country's combat power.
The system has already passed field tests and is used as part of the country's integrated air defense network. The Mersad system equipped with Shahin missiles is capable of tracing and targeting any enemy aircraft at 70 to 150km altitude and is considered as a mid-altitude system among the country's missile shields. |
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