Iran's cruise missile could strike targets beyond 2000 km

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Iran unveiled yesterday a new, long range surface-launched land attack cruise missile. The new missile called ' Soumar' was presented yesterday to the Iranian Defense Minister, Brigadier general Hossein Dehqan. Unveiling the missile developed by Iranian scientists Dehqan said the new weapon 'will increase Iran's deterrence might'.
No details about the weapon's specifications, performance or payload were provided but according to the Iranian media, Tehran plans to introduce an enhanced model of the missile this year, that will increase the range, accuracy and warhead capability of the current version. The missile seems to be one of the variants of the ' Meshkat' cruise missile, announced by the director of the Iranian Defense Ministry's Aerospace Organization, Brigadier General Mehdi Farahi three years ago. " Meshkat cruise missile, which God willing will be unveiled soon, has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers." Farahi told the Iranian media in 2012, "it will be the upper hand of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

A line of completed Soumar cruise missiles displayed to Defense Minister Brig. General Hossein Dehqan yesterday by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO). Photo: Mehr News Agency

As mentioned above, most of the Iranian coastal and naval attack missiles are based on Chinese C- series (C-701, 704, and 802). Unlike these, Soumar do not resemble any Chinese weapon, but bears close similarity to the Russian Kh55SM cruise missile. Iran acquired 12 such missiles from the Ukraine in 2001.


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