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Launch. platform. Vehicle. The Shahab-3 ( Persian: شهاب ۳, romanized : Šahâb 3; meaning "Meteor-3") is a family of liquid-fueled ballistic missiles developed by Iran and based on the North Korean Nodong-1. [7] [8] The Shahab-3 family has a range of 800-1,000 kilometres (620 mi). It was tested from 1998 to 2003 and added to the military ...
In mid-July 2008, Iran launched a number of ballistic missiles during military exercises, reportedly including the medium-range Shahab-3. Iran announced other missile and space launch tests in August and November 2008. In February 2009, Iran announced it launched a satellite into orbit and "officially achieved a presence in space."
Great Prophet III. Great Prophet III ( Payambar-e Azam 3; [1] Persian: پیامبر اعظم 3) was an Iranian missile test and war games exercise, conducted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards. [2] It began in the early morning of 9 July 2008, [3] when Iran claimed nine missiles were simultaneously test-fired, including a long-range Shahab ...
The Shahab-4 (Persian: شهاب ۴, meaning "Meteor-4") (a.k.a. IRIS) was an unbuilt Iranian rocket, derived from the Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile. According to Iran it was intended to be a space launch vehicle , [1] after a slip by the Defense Minister in which he acknowledged it as a "more capable ballistic missile than the Shahab ...
Between February and August 2018, Iran conducted seven test flights: one Khorramshahr, two Shahab-3 variants, one Qiam and three Zolfaghar ballistic missiles. According to the president of the U.N. Security Council, was "in violation of resolution 2231" because the missiles were all category I systems under the Missile Technology Control and ...
The book Iran's Military Forces and Warfighting Capabilities by Anthony H. Cordesman and Martin Kleiber mentions Project Koussar in its description of the Shahab-5 and Shahab-6 missile projects, which also are allegedly based on the RD-216 engine. According to the book, "the effort to develop an ICBM with the Russian RD-216 engine in some ...
Similarly shaped warheads are used on Iran's Shahab-3 and Qiam 1 missiles. Operational history. The first recorded launch of the Burkan-2H was on 22 July 2017. The Houthis released a statement, saying that the missile successfully hit the region of Yanbu in Saudi Arabia and caused a major fire at an Aramco oil refinery.
Shahab (missile) Shahab ( Persian: شهاب, lit. 'Meteor') is a class of short to long-range Iranian ballistic missiles, in service since 1988. There have been six different variants: Shahab-1 (1987) Shahab-2 (1990) Shahab-3 (1998) Shahab-4. Shahab-5.