Shahab-2

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**Shahab-2**
Type	Tactical SRBM
Range	750 km
Warheads	One
Propulsion	Liquid
Length	11.37–12.29 m
Diameter	0.885 m
Weight	6,370-6,500 kg
Payload	1000 kg
Manufacturer	Iran
In service	1990
States	Iran

The Shahab-2 (Persian: شهاب-2, meaning "Meteor-2") is the successor to the Iranian Shahab-1 missile. The missile itself is a variant of the Scud-C, built from 1990 with the assistance of North Korea. North Korea also aided Iran in converting a missile maintenance facility into an assembly plant for the Scud-Cs.

The missile has a CEP of 50 m, and capable of striking targets in Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Iraq.

On November 2, 2006, Iran fired unarmed missiles to begin 10 days of military war games. Iranian state television reported "dozens of missiles were fired including Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 missiles. The missiles had ranges from 300 km to up to 2,000 km...Iranian experts have made some changes to Shahab-3 missiles installing cluster warheads in them with the capacity to carry 1,400 bombs." These launches come after some United States-led military exercises in the Persian Gulf on October 30, 2006, meant to train for blocking the transport of weapons of mass destruction [1].