Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:19
Iran Plans to Replace Missile Arsenal
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh announced Iran's plans
to replace its Fateh, Qiyam and Qadr missile series with a new generation of
missiles next year.

"We will abolish Fateh 110 missiles (a short-range, road-mobile,
solid-propellant, high-precision ballistic missile with advanced navigation
and control systems) as well as the mid-range (high-precision ballistic)
Qiyam and Qadr (first generation of air-launched precision-guided) missiles
to replace them with new missiles," Hajizadeh said in Tehran on Friday.

He referred to the unveiling of long-range ground-to-ground Soumar cruise
missile system last week, reminding that the weapon system has been built
built under harsh sanctions.

Iran unveiled 'Soumar' missile system in a ceremony attended by senior
military officials and commanders on Sunday.

"The long-range ground-to-ground Soumar cruise missile system has been
designed and built by experts of the defense ministry's aerospace industries
organization," Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan told
reporters after the unveiling ceremony.

"The designing and building of this weapon whose navigation and propulsion
systems and its structure enjoy complicated and new technologies is seen as
a wide stride taken to enhance the Islamic Republic of Iran's defensive and
deterrence power," he added.

Dehqan also announced the mass delivery of Qadr and Qiyam long-range
ballistic missiles to the IRGC's Aerospace Force, and said these missiles
are capable of destroying different types of targets under any type of
conditions due to their tactical capability, sustainability in the
battleground and radar-evading features.

He also announced that the defense ministry would deliver upgraded versions
of these long-range and high-precision missiles to the Iranian military
forces next year.

Also during the ceremony, Hajizadeh hailed Iran's advancements in missile
technology under the harshest sanctions imposed on the country, and
underlined that Iran would never allow its defense program and cruise
missiles become a topic in its negotiations with the world powers.

The Iranian Armed Forces have recently test-fired different types of
newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of
home-made weapons, tools and equipment, including submarines, military
ships, artillery, choppers, aircrafts, UAVs and air defense and electronic
systems, during massive military drills.

Defense analysts and military observers say that Iran's wargames and its
advancements in weapons production have proved as a deterrent factor.

Iran successfully tested second generation of Sejjil missiles and brought it
into mass production in 2013.

Sejjil missiles are considered as the third generation of Iran-made
long-range missiles.

Also, Iran's 2000km-range, liquid-fuel, Qadr F ballistic missile can reach
territories as far as Israel.

Iran's surface-to-surface Sejjil missile, the long-range Shahab-3 ballistic
missile which has a range of up to 2,000 km, and Zelzal and Fateh missiles
have all been developed by the Aerospace Organization of the Defense
Industries.

This is while the solid-fuel, two-stage Sejjil missile with two engines, is
capable of reaching a very high altitude and therefore has a longer range
than that of the Shahab 3 model.