30 Apr 2024
Tuesday 6 June 2023 - 17:30
Story Code : 406496

Iran's IRGC unveils 'Fattah home-grown hypersonic missile

Iran
The Aviation Unit of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled its indigenous hypersonic missile dubbed 'Fattah'.






In the unveiling ceremony on Tuesday, the missile which was named by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei as Fattah, was put on show in the presence of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi, the Chief Commander of the IRGC Major General Hossein Salami and the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

The missile is the latest achievement of specialists of the IRGC Aerospace Force (IRGCASF).

The hypersonic missile has a range of 1,400 kilometers, hits speeds of Mach 13-15, and can breach and destroy all anti-missile shields.
The precision-guided missile also features excellent maneuverability and stealth ability to pass through radar systems.


With a solid fuel propulsion system and a second-stage mobile nozzle, the missile has the ability to reach very high speeds and perform various maneuvers in and out of the Earths atmosphere to overcome different types of air defense systems.

The speed of the missile can reach Mach 13-15 before hitting the target.

Speaking in a ceremony,Brigadier General Hajizadeh said that by unveiling the 'Fattah' hypersonic ballistic missile today, Iran now became one of the four countries in the world that have this technology.

He underlined that the Fattah missile cannot be destroyed by any missile due to its movement in different directions and heights.



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