IRGC Unveils Home-Grown Hypersonic Missile
IRGC Unveils Home-Grown Hypersonic Missile
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled its home-made hypersonic missile Fattah.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled its home-made hypersonic missile Fattah.

The modern missile was unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran in the presence of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday morning.

The missile is the latest achievement of IRGC Aerospace Force (IRGCASF).

IRGCASF’s Commander Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh had said in late May that Iran’s new hypersonic missile will mark the launch of a new generation of missiles in Iran.

Due to having great tactical capabilities, Fattah can fly at very high speeds and perform various maneuvers in and out of earth’s atmosphere.

Fattah has a range of 1,400 kilometers and hits the target at a speed of Mach 13 to 15.

Only a handful of countries, including the US, China, Russia and North Korea have mastered the technology to manufacture hypersonic missiles.

With a solid fuel propulsion system and a second-stage mobile nozzle, the missile has the ability to reach very high speeds and perform various maneuvers in and out of the Earth’s atmosphere in order to overcome different types of air defense systems.

The speed of the missile can reach Mach 13-15 before hitting the target.

Speaking in a ceremony, Brigadier General Hajizadeh said that by unveiling the ‘Fattah’ hypersonic ballistic missile today, Iran now became one of the four countries in the world that have this technology.

Fattah missile cannot be destroyed by any missile due to its movement in different directions and heights, he added.

Hajizadeh says Iran is now among only four countries that have the technology to produce hypersonic missiles.

“The missile that was unveiled today is unique in the world … With this unveiling, Iran became one of the four countries that have this technology,” he said.

Hajizadeh further explained that the missile has a movable nozzle that allows the missile to be guided in all directions. When this is done, he said, the missile can move to the left and right, up and down, and rotate above the Earth’s atmosphere.

Stating that the speed of the Fattah missile is Mach 13, the commander said that a missile with such speed will be impossible to be confronted.

Hajizadeh also said that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei supported and approved the missile activities, noting that Ayatollah Khamenei had himself named Fattah after he was presented with a report on its development.

Speaking on the sidelines of the ceremony, Major General Hossein Salami cited that the Fattah hypersonic missile is capable of changing its direction in space.

Stressing that Iran is witnessing major progress and big leaps in the field of technology, Salami went on to say that while such advanced technologies are unknown to most countries, young Iranian scientists are now able to use them and contribute to the country’s defense industry.