The world had to wait a bit, but as of Tuesday, Iran officially has its own hypersonic missile, the Fattah. The missile, unveiled in the presence of President Ebrahim Raisi, would have a speed of 5.1 kilometers per second and a range of 1,400 kilometres. The Fattah can penetrate missile defense systems, according to Iran. Israel should be concerned.
Last November, Iranian Revolutionary Aerospace Guard Commander-in-Chief Amir Ali Hajizadeh announced the development of the Fattah. He strikes: he did it at an event on the occasion of the death of Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, better known as ‘the father of Iranian missile technology’.
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Moghaddam died in 2011 after an explosion at a rocket base, along with a dozen other rocket scientists. Although the regime spoke of an incident, Western media blamed the blast on Israel, which closely follows Iran’s technological developments.
Invincible
According to Iran, the Fattah cannot be destroyed by any other missile due to its extreme maneuverability. As recently as November, Hajizadeh said the new missile could maneuver both in and out of the Earth’s atmosphere and penetrate any missile defense system.
What are hypersonic missiles?
Hypersonic, the word says it all, means faster than sound. And at least five times the speed of sound of 1.7 km per second. While some ballistic missiles also reach these speeds, the hypersonic missile differs in that it is less predictable and more difficult to track due to the missile’s ability to maneuver both in and out of the atmosphere.
According to Iran, the Fattah flies at a speed of 5.1 km per second and has a range of 1,400 km, slightly less than the distance between Tehran and Tel Aviv. But what is not yet could come, Hajizadeh suggested on Tuesday when he said that the development of missiles with a range of 2,000 km is already under consideration. With a speed of 5.1km per second, the Fattah could theoretically strike Israel within 7 minutes.
Source: BNR
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