Fattah (hypersonic ballistic missile)

2023: Fattah Missile Announcement

On June 6, 2023, Iran officially unveiled the first self-produced hypersonic ballistic missile. It was named "Fattah."

According to Iranian officials, Fattah can bypass the most advanced missile defense systems USA and, Israel including the Israeli Iron Dome. The Raketa has a top speed of 14 mach (15,000 km/h). It is said to be capable of overcoming enemy missile defenses, maneuvering Lands in and out of the atmosphere. This type of missile, the Fars agency claims, is the latest weapons produced and used by countries such as the United States, and. Russia China

Iran showed its first hypersonic ballistic missile "Fattah"

Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami and Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh attended the launch ceremony in Tehran. During the events, Hajizadeh said that in this way Iran became the fourth country in the world to have hypersonic technologies in service.

Iran, in conditions of isolation and sanctions, managed to create a powerful complex of missile weapons. By June 2023, the country has short-range missiles, ballistic, cruise and anti-ship missiles in its arsenal.

The presentation of the Fattah missiles came about two weeks after Iran unveiled a new generation of precision-guided Khorramshahr missile.

One of the outstanding characteristics of this missile is its ability to evade radar detection and penetrate enemy air defense systems due to its low radar visibility... Only one missile is fired, but when the target is reached, it hits up to 80 targets at a time. This means that if we fire 80 missiles of this option, then up to 8,000 targets will be hit on the territory of the enemy, "said then Defense Minister General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani[1]

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