Iran issues threat to Israel, US with new hypersonic weapon - Jerusalem Post Staff

 

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The hypersonic missile is claimed to have the capacity to bypass the most advanced anti-ballistic missile systems of the United States and Israel.

 

Iran's Fattah hypersonic missile

(photo credit: FARS NEWS AGENCY)

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force today unveiled the Fattah II, a hypersonic missile claimed to have the capacity to bypass the most advanced anti-ballistic missile systems of the United States and Israel, according to Reuters. 

The missile, developed within Iran in spite of numerous sanctions from the West, has a supposed range of 1,400 kilometers (870 miles). 

Building on Fattah I

The first version, Fattah I, was unveiled in June but the newer version contains a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) warhead that supposedly supports the weapon reaching maximum speed, Iran’s Tasnim News reported. 

A billboard with a photo of a new hypersonic ballistic missile called ''Fattah'' and with text reading ''400 seconds to Tel Aviv'' is seen on a building in Tehran, Iran June 8, 2023. (credit: Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency/Reuters)

The source reported that the updated missile can reach speeds of Mach 5-20 (6,170-24,700 kph).

The weapon was unveiled by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Ashura Aerospace Science and Technology University, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.

Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-774055

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