On 31st of Mordad (22nd ofAugust) which is known as Defense Industry day in Iran, in a ceremony at Aerospace Industries Organization a new missile named Fateh-313 was unveiled.
This new missile which is a new version of Fateh series has pin point accuracy and a range of 500 km.
According to...
Aghareb is Fugly but it is built using the existing BTRs and dismantled M47s turrets, in Sabalan project original M47s turrets are replaced with new ones so it should be very economical.
Sabalan project
According to head of Army ground force self sufficiency and research organization...
see this(it is in persian):
«فاتح» برای تولید انبوه به وزارت دفاع رفت - مشرق نیوز | mashreghnews.ir
First batch of mass produced Fateh will be delivered to IRGC GF in the second half of the year 1394(current persian year)
We have had this conversation before!
Iran has more than a thousand(if not several thousands) of SRBMs, in the last week alone we have seen the delivery of more than 50 Qiam SRBMs, the numbers of Iran's MRBMs is also in the hundreds.
Also Iran's missiles CEP has improved dramatically, Iran's...
Maybe they won't be the frontline missile which will hit the most important targets but they are definitely going to be used in massive numbers in case of war.
As you said, quantity itself means that they are going to be operational and not scrapped.
I don't think that they are going to retire these missiles, what general Hajizade meant was probably that these missiles are no longer Iran's newest designs and that a new generations of more advanced missiles will take their place but I don't think we are going to retire them immediately...
Sadid missile project is being done by the IRGC research and self sufficiency, and unlike Ministry of Defense IRGC does not make its projects public until they are mass produced or have finished development.
In ACIG forum I exchanged some posts with him, it is truth that he knows some things about IRIAF, but his theories about Iran's defense industries other sections are pure BS.
He makes mind blowing claims!!! for example some years ago he claimed that Safir SLV was blown up by an IRGC HQ-2...
Launching of Noor AShM
more pics:
تصاویر/ پرتاب موشکهای ساحل به دریای نور و نصر
ایرنا - چهارمین مرحله رزمایش ارتش / شلیک موشک نصر
شلیک موشک کروز کوتاه برد ساحل به دریایی «نصر»
اصلي/رزمایش مشترک محمد رسول الله(ص) 12
شلیک موشک نور
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