Global InformationIranian missile tests information
Iran has been testing and producing missiles since the war with Iraq to increase its military capabilities.".[1] there have been a series of missile tests performed by Iran:
- On 10 October 2015, Iran tested precised Emad missile that has a declared range of 1700 km and a new precision guidance system[2]
- On 21 November 2015, Iran reportedly carried out a test of the Ghadr-110, having a range variously reported between 1500 and 2000 km.[3]
- On 8 and 9 March 2016, Iran test fired several missiles, including the Qiam 1.
- On 29 January 2017, Iran tested the medium-range Khorramshahr ballistic missile that flew 600 miles before exploding, in a failed test of a reentry vehicle.[4]
- On 23 September 2017, Iran tested another ballistic missile after showing it off at a military parade in Tehran.[5]
- During January 2018, six live Qiam missiles were fired into an ISIS stronghold in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province in.[6]
- 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 not capable of carrying nuclear warheads.[7]
- In August 2018, Iran's defense ministry unveiled two new missiles: the Fakour and the "Fateh Mobin" (Bright Conqueror), the latest addition to the Fateh-series of short-range tactical ballistic missiles with a range of about 1,300 kilometers (810 miles).[8]
- On Dec. 1, 2018, the Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile was tested at its facility near Shahrud, in northeast Iran.[9][10]
- On Feb. 2, 2019, Tehran announced the successful test of the Hoveizeh cruise missile with a range of more than 1,350 kilometers (838 miles) during celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Revolution.[11]
- On Feb. 7, 2019, the Dezful ballistic missile was unveiled, with a range of 1,000 kilometers (600 miles). Iran's Press TV quoted Hajizadeh as saying the Revolutionary Guards will "continue missile tests ... and plan to carry out more than 50 missile tests each year."[12][13]
- On January 7, 2020, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against Al Assad military base in Iraq, which houses US Military troops.
- ^ Resolution 1929 (2010)
- ^ U.S. preparing sanctions on Iran over ballistic missile program: sources
- ^ "Iran sends defiant signal to the West with missile test". The Daily Telegraph. Dec 9, 2015.
- ^ Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say
- ^ "Iran tests new ballistic missile hours after showing it off at military parade". CNN. 23 September 2017.
- ^ "New developments in Iran's ballistic missile program". Israel Hayom. Mar 15, 2019.
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- ^ "New developments in Iran's ballistic missile program". Israel Hayom. Mar 15, 2019.
- ^ "Europe is 'saving' the Iran deal by ignoring the violations". New York Times. Dec 6, 2018.
- ^ "New developments in Iran's ballistic missile program". Israel Hayom. Mar 15, 2019.
- ^ "New developments in Iran's ballistic missile program". Israel Hayom. Mar 15, 2019.
- ^ "Iran unveils new ballistic missile at underground facility". Deutsche Welle. Feb 8, 2019.
- ^ "New developments in Iran's ballistic missile program". Israel Hayom. Mar 15, 2019.