Iran to Inaugurate New Production Line of Cruise Missiles Soon

[Ayyash]

DM: Iran to Inaugurate New Production Line of Cruise Missiles Soon

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi announced on Thursday that the country is scheduled to inaugurate a new production line of its home-made cruise missiles in the near future.

"Iran's Defense Ministry will unveil important arms, marine, aerospace and electro-optic achievements in the new Iranian calendar year (started on March 21)," General Vahidi said in the Western Iranian city of Kermanshah on Thursday.

In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in the defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems.

In January, Iran successfully test-fired surface-to-air mid-range Hawk missile and the Iranian Defense Ministry delivered new naval cruise missile systems to the Navy.

The systems, designed and manufactured by Iranian experts, are capable of spotting and destroying different targets at sea.

The Navy has successfully test-fired a range of powerful missiles mounted with laser technology, which display high precision and have a range of 45 km (28 miles) to 300 km (186 miles).

Iran has been pushing an arms development program in recent years in a bid to reach self-sufficiency.

Tehran launched its arms development program during the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed war on Iran, to compensate for a US weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own jet fighters and armored vehicles as well as radar-avoiding missiles and other high-tech weapons.

Yet, Iranian officials have always stressed that the country's military and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived as a threat to any other country.

Fars News Agency :: DM: Iran to Inaugurate New Production Line of Cruise Missiles Soon


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Unfortunately, the article doesn't provide much illumination as to what this new cruise missile is. It doesn't even necessarily have to be a new type of missile, just a new production line. This doesn't necessarily refer to a land attack cruise missile (LACM) either as Iran usually refers to their anti-ship missiles (AShM) as the generic "cruise missiles".

[Aban]

You are correct.

I think this could be a reverse engineered cruise missile that Iran had/has.

All of the Iranian technology is either based on reverse engineering of its existing products (with the experience of transfer of technology) and based off significant input from either China or Russia depending on the equipment.

[Harry]

Hope to be KH-55

Forgive my ignorance, but what is KH-55? Thank you.

[Aspahbod]

KH-55 is a Russian Air launched cruise missile.

Kh-55 (missile family) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some say Iran imported some from Ukraine. I won't believe it until I see a solid proof.

[BradleySGT]

if you have been following the Iranian Defense Industry as long as i have then you will know that the term "soon" means "in the near future" which means 10-15 years...at least.