Iran unveils what it calls a hypersonic missile able to beat air defenses amid tensions with US
Source: AP
By JON GAMBRELL today
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound, adding a new weapon to its arsenal as tensions remain high with the United States over Tehrans nuclear program.
The new missile called Fattah, or Conqueror in Farsi was unveiled even as Iran said it would reopen its diplomatic posts on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia after reaching a détente with Riyadh following years of conflict.
The tightly choreographed segment on Iranian state television apparently sought to show that Tehrans hard-line government can still deploy arms against its enemies across much of the Middle East.
Today we feel that the deterrent power has been formed, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said at the event. This power is an anchor of lasting security and peace for the regional countries.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-hypersonic-missile-us-tensions-0a8e09f7e053f5fbce2d4e1d9c46a96e
Beachnutt
(7,324 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Check out the photo selected,
if thats not propaganda, then the word has lost meaning
AP gets it.
And
tensions high! Very very high!! Beat the drums
!!
Dark shadows and dark weapons
and not Christian!!
Warpy
(111,256 posts)The guys who hold power for a lifetime are impressed with numbers that give them the illusion of invincibility.
The Russian military scientists who fudged their numbers to please Putin are now in jail.
While it's not inconceivable that Iran has tested a prototype that didn't blow up quickly, you can bet they don't have a stockpile.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)See any?
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)IF they feel they have some sort of superiority, perhaps that will let them feel safe and dominant enough to come back to the negotiating table in earnest.
Meanwhile, given my understanding that Russian Hypersonics were unable to breach Ukraines cobbled together Air defenses.. I have little worry that the top tier US weaponry afforded several middle east states can handle any issues that this might present.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Put the legs back on so there is the same table once bitten twice why?
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)But Im more concerned about getting things back on a more reasonable track.
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)speak easy
(9,249 posts)fired at Kyiv. [priceless intel!] I doubt Iran's tech is much better.
Ford_Prefect
(7,897 posts)Iran has some very smart people in weapons design but this one is Russian based without a doubt.
sarisataka
(18,651 posts)Hopefully it will never be put to the test.
Ford_Prefect
(7,897 posts)Mosby
(16,310 posts)Link to tweet
400 seconds' to Tel Aviv: Iranian media publishes Hebrew hypersonic missile threat
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-722327
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Nation security!!
Then an anti anti missile
another billion please!
More national security!!
How far away is Iran from America again??
here
across the Pacific
sarisataka
(18,651 posts)Our current systems have been doing a good job of stopping unstoppable missiles in Ukraine
EX500rider
(10,847 posts)They mine or close the Straits of Hormuz and the world & US economy will suffer, oil flows through the Strait accounted for roughly 40% of all world-traded oil.