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This essay traces the history of Iran's missile effort, with a focus on their role as a nuclear weapon delivery vehicle. The essay provides an overview of Iran's current capabilities, identifies key entities supporting the effort, explains where Iran has found foreign help, and reviews efforts to hinder Tehran’s progress.
15 sty 2021 · Overview. Iran’s pursuit of ballistic missiles pre-dates the Islamic revolution. Ironically, the shah teamed with Israel to develop a short-range system after Washington denied his request for Lance missiles. Known as Project Flower, Iran provided the funds and Israel the technology.
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10 sie 2021 · Iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East, with thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles, some capable of striking as far as Israel and southeast Europe. For the past decade, Iran has invested significantly to improve these weapons’ precision and lethality.
The Shahab-3 (Persian: شهاب ۳, romanized: Šahâb 3; meaning "Meteor-3") is a family of liquid-fueled ballistic missiles developed by Iran, under the IRGC, and based upon the North Korean Nodong-1/A and Nodong-B missiles. [7][8][9] The Shahab-3 family has a range of 800-1,000 kilometres (620 mi).
This timeline contains Iran's major missile accomplishments since 1984. Over the last year, Iran has unveiled the Fattah hypersonic missile; launched missile attacks against Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan; and placed several satellites into orbit using domestically designed rockets.
11 paź 2024 · Iran has recently provided Russia with various weapon systems, including drones and shorter-range ballistic missiles, to help supplement its forces battling against Ukraine.
13 gru 2021 · Iran has unveiled ten new ballistic missiles and three new satellite launch vehicles (SLVs) since 2015, along with several new transport and launch systems and methods. It has also revealed the existence of multiple underground missile complexes, or so-called “missile cities.”
