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Fattah-1
Fattah-1 () is an Iranian hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile developed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and unveiled in June 2023. According to Iran, its high maneuverability and speed helps it to evade missile defense systems. In November 2023, Iran unveiled a newer version of the missile, Fattah-2. The missile has been reported to have the capability to carry nuclear warheads should Iran further pursue its nuclear program. Description According to Iran, it can maneuver in and out of the atmosphere, and is capable of bypassing missile defenses. History On 10 November 2022, during the 11th anniversary of the death of Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, known as the "father of Iranian missiles", Iran announced it has built an advanced hypersonic ballistic missile calling it a "major generational leap". Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, IRGC Aerospace Force commander, said the missile has a high velocity and can maneuver below and above the Earth's atmosphere. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 2024 Iranian Strikes Against Israel
On 1 October 2024, Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at targets in Israel, in at least two waves, then the largest attack during the ongoing 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Iran–Israel conflict. Iran's codename for the attack was Operation True Promise II (). It was the second direct attack by Iran against Israel, the first being the April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel, April 2024 strikes. Iran claimed that the attack was an act of "self-defense" in Reprisal, retaliation for Israel's assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC general Abbas Nilforoushan. The attacks, while more successful at saturating Air Defense Command (Israel), Israeli air defenses than in April, did not appear to cause extensive damage. Israel said it had shot down most of the missiles and there had been no harm to its Israeli Air Force, Air Force's capabilities. The United States Navy, US Navy and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypersonic Weapon
A hypersonic weapon is a weapon capable of maneuvering at hypersonic speed, defined as above Mach 5, or above 5 times the speed of sound. Below Mach 1, weapons would be characterized as subsonic, and above Mach 1, as supersonic. At extremely high speeds, air in the shock wave is ionized into a plasma, which makes control and communication difficult. Categorization There are three main categories of hypersonic weapon: # Boost-glide weapons, which glide and maneuver at hypersonic speeds following boosting by rocket propulsion. Examples include ballistic missiles fitted with hypersonic glide vehicle warheads. # Airbreathing weapons, typically hypersonic cruise missiles which maintain hypersonic speed by engines such as scramjets. # Gun-launched weapons, projectiles fired from either a conventional artillery or prospective railguns. Existing weapon systems such as ballistic missiles already travel at hypersonic speeds (and may actually reach their target sooner w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh (; 28 February 1962 – 13 June 2025) was an Iranian military officer who served as the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces, a position he held from October 2009 until his assassination in June 2025 by an Israeli airstrike. Early life Hajizadeh was born in Tehran on 28 February 1962. Career During Eghtedar-e Velayat war games, on 8 March 2016, Hajizadeh said: "the reason we designed our missiles with a range of 2,000 km is to be able to hit our enemies from a safe distance." Hajizadeh was also one of the main figures in Iran who led and executed the April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel, known in Iran as Operation True Promise and October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel, known in Iran as Operation True Promise 2. On 1 July 2024, he stated: "We are hopeful of the arrival of the opportunity for onductingOperation True Promise 2..." and spoke of his wish to have another chance to launch a large-scale attack on Israel. He ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a Ethnicities in Iran, multi-ethnic population of over 92 million in an area of , Iran ranks 17th globally in both List of countries and dependencies by area, geographic size and List of countries and dependencies by population, population. It is the List of Asian countries by area, sixth-largest country entirely in Asia and one of the world's List of mountains in Iran, most mountainous countries. Officially an Islamic republic, Iran is divided into Regions of Iran, five regions with Provinces of Iran, 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's Capital city, capital, List of cities in Iran by province, largest city and financial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran–Israel Proxy Conflict
The Iran–Israel proxy conflict, also known as the Iran–Israel proxy war or Iran–Israel Cold War, is an ongoing Proxy war, proxy conflict between Iran and Israel. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran has backed Palestinian groups such as Hamas. Israel has supported Iranian rebels, such as the People's Mujahedin of Iran, conducted airstrikes Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, against Iranian allies in Syria and Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists, assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists. In 2018 Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, Israeli forces directly attacked Iranian forces in Syria. Motivated by the Alliance of the periphery, periphery doctrine, Iran–Israel relations#Israeli independence to Iranian revolution (1947–1979), Imperial Iran and Israel had close relations, seeing Arab powers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surface-to-surface Missiles Of Iran
A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, from fixed installations, or from a ship. They are often powered by a rocket engine or sometimes fired by an explosive charge, since the launching platform is typically stationary or moving slowly. They usually have fins and/or wings for lift and stability, although hyper-velocity or short-ranged missiles may use body lift or fly a ballistic trajectory. The first operational surface-to-surface missile was the V-1 flying bomb, it was powered by a pulsejet engine. Contemporary surface-to-surface missiles are usually guided. An unguided surface-to-surface missile is usually referred to as a rocket (for example, an RPG-7 or M72 LAW is an anti-tank rocket), whereas a BGM-71 TOW or AT-2 Swatter is an anti-tank guided missile. Examples of surface-to-surface missile include the MGM-140 AT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
The maneuverable reentry vehicle (abbreviated MARV or MaRV) is a type of warhead for ballistic missile, ballistic missiles that is capable of maneuvering and changing its trajectory. There are two general reasons to use MARV. One is to make it more difficult to track the Atmospheric entry, re-entry vehicle (RV) and thereby make it more difficult to attack as it approaches its target. This was particularly useful against early anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems which took seconds to calculate an interception course. Making random trajectory changes could render these systems useless. This class of MARV is sometimes known as evading MaRVs. The other is to improve accuracy or track moving targets using terminal guidance systems that can act only during the last stages of the flight. This class is sometimes known as accuracy MaRVs. In this case, it is the short range of the active guidance system that demands the RV be able to maneuver, as is the base in the Pershing II active rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypersonic Glide Vehicle
A hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) is a type of warhead for ballistic missiles that can maneuver and glide at hypersonic speed. It is used in conjunction with ballistic missiles to significantly change their trajectories after launch. Conventional ballistic missiles follow a predictable ballistic trajectory and are vulnerable to interception by the latest anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems. The in-flight maneuverability of HGVs makes them unpredictable, allowing them to effectively evade air defenses. , hypersonic glide vehicles are the subject of an arms race. Projects China * DF-ZF Mach 5–10 * DF-27 France * VMaX (first flight test took place on June 26, 2023 from the DGA's site in Biscarrosse and was successful) * VMaX-2 (under development; first flight test expected in 2024 or 2025) India * LRAShM (under development) * BM-04 (under development) Japan * Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) (under development) North Korea * Hwasong-8. * Hwason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran–Israel War
The Iran–Israel War is an ongoing armed conflict between Iran and Israel. Active hostilities broke out amid poor relations between Iran and Israel, 2025 United States–Iran negotiations , negotiations between Iran and the United States over Iran's nuclear ambitions, and a shift in the strategic balance in favor of Israel resulting from successful attacks on the Iran-led Axis of Resistance. Israel launched a surprise attack on dozens of locations across Iran starting on 13 June 2025 with the stated aim of destroying Nuclear program of Iran , Iran's nuclear program. The opening hours of the war involved Targeted killing by Israel , targeted killings of Iranian leadership and Assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists , nuclear scientists, airstrikes on nuclear and defense facilities, and destruction of Iran's air defenses. Iran retaliated by launching missiles at military sites and cities in Israel. The conflict is considered an escalation of Iran–Israel relations, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Israeli-occupied territories, It occupies the Occupied Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Status of Jerusalem, Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is the country's Gush Dan, largest urban area and Economy of Israel, economic center. Israel is located in a region known as the Land of Israel, synonymous with the Palestine (region), Palestine region, the Holy Land, and Canaan. In antiquity, it was home to the Canaanite civilisation followed by the History of ancient Israel and Judah, kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Situate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 2024 Iranian Strikes Against Israel
On 13 April 2024, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian military, Iranian Armed Forces, in collaboration with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Lebanon, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and the Ansar Allah, Ansar Allah (Houthis), launched attacks against Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights with loitering munitions, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. The attack was codenamed by Iran as Operation True Promise (). Iran said it was retaliation for the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus on 1 April, which killed two Iranian generals. The strike was seen as a Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), spillover of the Gaza war and marked Iran's first direct attack on Israel since the start of Iran–Israel proxy conflict, their proxy conflict. Several countries in the Middle East closed their airspace a few hours before Iran laun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
