Breaking news
Iran's military unveils new Soumar long-range ground-to-ground missile system.
| a | |||
|
|
|||
|
Defence & Security Industry News - Iran
|
|||
|
|
|||
| Iran's military unveils new Soumar long-range ground-to-ground missile system | |||
|
Iran unveiled yesterday, Sunday March 8, a new long-range ground-to-ground cruise missile system, named 'Soumar', in a ceremony attended by senior military officials and commanders. "Soumar long-range ground-to-ground cruise missile system has been designed and built by experts of the defense ministry's aerospace industries organization," Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan told reporters after the unveiling ceremony.
|
|||
|
|
|||
 Iran's new ground-to-ground missile system "Soumar" |
|||
|
|
|||
|
"The designing and building of this weapon whose navigation and propulsion systems and its structure enjoy complicated and new technologies is seen as a wide stride taken to enhance the Islamic Republic of Iran's defensive and deterrence power," General Dehqan added.
Dehqan also announced the mass delivery of Qadr and Qiyam long-range ballistic missiles to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Aerospace Force, and said these missiles are capable of destroying different types of targets under any type of conditions due to their tactical capability, sustainability in the battleground and radar-evading features. He also announced that the defense ministry will deliver upgraded versions of these long-range and high-precision missiles to the Iranian military forces next year. The Iranian Armed Forces have recently test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of home-made weapons, tools and equipment, including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers, aircrafts, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems, during massive military drills. Iran successfully tested second generation of Sejjil missiles and brought it into mass production in 2013. Sejjil missiles are considered as the third generation of Iran-made long-range missiles. Iran's surface-to-surface Sejjil missile, the long-range Shahab-3 ballistic missile which has a range of up to 2,000 km, and Zelzal and Fateh missiles have all been developed by the Aerospace Organization of the Defense Industries. This is while the solid-fuel, two-stage Sejjil missile with two engines, is capable of reaching a very high altitude and therefore has a longer range than that of the Shahab 3 model. |
|||