7.06.2023
Iran unveiled on Tuesday its first domestically developed hypersonic missile, part of a program viewed by Tehran as a vital deterrent factor against the United States, Israel and other adversaries.
The missile, dubbed Fattah (Persian for “conqueror”) was designed and developed by the Aerospace Department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), state media reported.
“We have gained deterrence,” announced hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi during the televised unveiling ceremony in Tehran, adding that pressure from “the enemies” will not “push the missile program to the corner.”
Tasnim News Agency (linked to IRGC) said Fattah is equipped with a two-stage solid fuel engine and boasts a range of 1,400 kilometres and “has a top speed of over 9,000 miles per hour”.
Iran’s missile chief and IRGC aerospace commander, Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, claimed, at the unveiling ceremony, that no existing missile defence system was capable of intercepting the Iranian projectile.
With the new projectile, Iran will be placed among the four top states owning the hypersonic missile technology, Hajizadeh said.
IRGC chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami boasted, in the same Tehran ceremony, that the expertise his forces utilized in developing Fattah remains an uncharted territory “to most of the countries in the world”.
GSPI
