Hypersonic weapons can travel at five times the speed of sound.
Iran announced the development of the first hypersonic ballistic missile on against the background of growing attention to Tehran's defense ties with Russia. This is reported by Bloomberg.
“The weapon is aimed at anti-missile defense systems and represents a 'major technological breakthrough,'” said Commander of the Aerospace Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Amirali Hadjizadeh, without providing more details.< /p>
Hypersonic weapons can travel at five times the speed of sound.
The announcement comes after the US expressed concern that Russia could obtain Iranian-class missiles “surface-to-surface” for use against Ukraine, in addition to the drones it has already received from Tehran.
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It was previously reported that Iran successfully tested a new satellite launch vehicle.
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Washington fears that the same long-range ballistic technology used to launch satellites into orbit may also can be used to launch nuclear their warhead. Tehran regularly denies the existence of such intentions.
