Soumar (missile)
The Soumar (Persian: سومار) is an Iranian copy of the Raduga Kh-55 long range cruise missile. The missile was named in the honor of a city called Soumar whose inhabitants were all killed when Saddam's regime attacked the city with chemical weapons.
On September 9, 2012, Iranian media quoted Iran's deputy defense minister that a medium range cruise missile called Meshkat will be revealed soon.[1] He mentioned that the missile can be fired from ground, air and sea and will have a range of 2000 km. However the unveiling did not happen until 2015.
On 2015 a long range cruise missile was revealed under the name "Soumar". The design closely resembles the Kh-55 that Iran acquired from Ukraine in 2001.[2] Because of the similarities media guess a range between 2000 to 3000 km for it.[3]
References
- ↑ "Iran to unveil Meshkat medium-range cruise missile". PressTV (Tehran). 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ↑ "Iran unveils new long-range cruise missile". Haaretz. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "Iran reveals new Soumar ground-launched cruise missile". Janes Defense. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
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