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The kinematics of the Ghadir are very low. It needs a system like the Jask-2 to remain outside the area where ASW assets would pick up missile launch signature and hunt down the Ghadir. Jask-2 silently creates sufficient distance from the Ghadir and only then launches the missile. So a...

Its a legit question why China and Russia do not emphasis as much as Iran on their BM force and why they still have conventional airpower. 1. BMs were traditionally only really useful when nuclear. Only the Scud was cheap and simple enough to be used conventionally and out to its 300km had some...

Solid fuel for Geo is tricky. A quite large SLV/missile is needed. The satellite also can't be small as it need a large antenna. My guess: HSS alloy casing first stage of either 3-3,5m dia. , 6-10 meters in length. Possibly avoiding flex nozzle and go with a simpler liquid denied steering. 2m...

Guess once Shaheed-149's turboprop enters serial production, the economic-close-air-support problem is solved. No need for traditional airpower. For the futures offensive and tactical deterrence requirements yes, manned airpower could be a useful tool.

Yes, that would be the final step. As interim step a small arsenal of single MaRV'ed ICBM could be the goal for two main reasons: - Survivable due to miniaturized size in for example a ship container - If nuclear breakout is done, that small single warhead arsenal is sufficient to create a...

The performance level of the Salman second stage is state of the art. Upscaled and elongated variant from 1m dia. to 1,5m as well as a rather low increase in lenght can produce 2 unidiameter first and second stages, that together with the Salman as 3rd stage create a miniature ICBM. At this...

Good news: Orbit is high and quite circular --> it will stay in orbit for years. Early Safir launches were very elliptic.

They do on subsystem level, like TWT but the overall system is developed independently. Here Shiraz electronic industries is simply way ahead.

Ok then it is a testbed for Salman TVC supper stage, light SLV and future mobile ASAT option.

They try to hide whether first stage ist liquid or solid. But I'm certain it is solid and >=1,5m in diameter. Second stage was shown two months ago and should be 1,25m. With this dimensions it is de facto a small, light ICBM. Congratulations to everyone!

@AmirPatriot 3D capable (so ESA), no visible cooling and the Meraj-4 which fills the role of an AESA. In terms of reliability it may would make sense to have an AESA but with a good TWT and limited operation time PESA should be more cost effective. Another point: IRIADF SSJ is unlikely to...

Moragheb is a PESA, apparently with TWT. Irans TWT production quality has reached a point where it has sufficiently long lifetime Thats why IRIADF has also got itself their Kavosh/Kasta variant that can operate "continuously". Meraj is a more complex and expensive line-element AESA with solid...

Yeah... normally I defend most IRGC stuff but that's too much. Either that or a new field called strange physics was discovered...

Karrar still has no propulsion. Maybe a tech transfer deal was agreed single otherwise Iran would need to set up a tank engine factory. However at this point I think he is just underinformed and calls the Karrar T-90 for convenience and lack of accurate mind.

Sure the follow on of the Sejil will do so: Composite or full carbon fiber casing + MaRV maybe multiple. Sejil is more than a decade. However it wont be the same as North Koreas, they have different requirements.

Now even the fossils of csis.org have understood Irans conventional counter-force strategy: "Iran is now developing and deploying a growing range of land, sea, and air based ballistic and air breathing systems that can attack key military targets – and that some experts feel will become precise...

You have to prioritize. Some assets are point defended. Some area assets are protected by belts of point defense systems. Some assets are intentionally put at risk and have to resort to passive defense and mobility. The highest value assets are hence protected or will be once Irans Oghab/Separ...

A advantage CMs like the new U.S missile and Irans Qods-1 have is that by the time they arrive in the target area. they have spend a good amount of their fuel, get lighter and hence have their fastest speed. So compared to a HARM, AGM-142 or Kh-31, it is just a high subsonic missile. But that...

It's alarming, they got something similar to the Toloue-10/TJ-150 and will create systems out of it. The threat is kinematically very primitive but its terrain masking, LO features, coordinated multi-directional attack, range and low price makes it a credible threat. Russia has the Pantsir to...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32669/air-forces-gray-wolf-program-tests-game-changing-small-low-cost-jet-engine So slowly the U.S military is realizing that it must make use of lower cost weapons if it wants to take out modern IADS assets in any economical way. This approach was...