Iran displays Zolfaghar missile

[Zarvan]

The Zolfaghar displayed at the Amirkabir University of Technology had ribbed texture on its propulsion section. Source: Fars News Agency

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) appears to have provided an explanation for the substantial improvement in the range of its Fateh-110 family of tactical ballistic missiles when it displayed the latest variant, the Zolfaghar, at Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology.

Close-up photographs of the displayed missile that were published by the Fars news agency on 16 December showed that much of its body had a ribbed texture, indicating it was made using filament-wound fibre to make it lighter than models constructed from metal.

When the Zolfaghar was unveiled in September 2016 it was claimed to have a range of 700 km, a significant improvement on the 500 km range attributed to the Fateh-313 that was unveiled two years earlier. The third-generation Fateh-110 unveiled in August 2015 supposedly has a range of 500 km.

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This is what the fins of a real Zolfaghar missile looks like

That's how thick they are! And Iran is NOT going to go to the trouble of sticking a real missile body with a real missile engine on a mockup RV! To what end would they do that?
If they wanna show a mockup the whole thing would be a mockup if they wanna show a real missile the whole thing would be a real missile & the warhead part can always be detached!

Also, Solid fueled missiles are like explosives themselves with or without the warhead it is dangerous to handle & Iran is not going to ever put a real solid fuel missile (with solid fuel and a real engine) on display! they will NOT do it at a military parade and they certainly will not do it at AmirKabir universities which is one of Iran's top universities

 

[WordsMatter]

There is an interesting discussion about whether the Yemeni Burkan-2H is actually the Iranian Qiam missile on Arms Control Wonk. It seems that the guidance system is an IRI made. You can listen to the discussion here:
https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1204543/up-close-and-personal-with-the-qiam/

 

[sanel1412]

Missiles itself is not Iranian made for sure,those missiles are based on older technology and Yemen is known to buy bunch of cruise and balistic missiles where ever they could...they imported bunch of them from N.korea,China..etc and they started to import also some technology to produce it by them self but it is not clear where they went with it ..what it could happen is that Iran has provided some parts and knowledge for modifications and accuracy upgrade but again no one can claim this 100%...again they could reach this level by them self also.....first if iran wanted to provide some parts they would probably provide non branded parts..not one with iranian or company marks.
Again iran doesn't have to provide Yemen missiles because they had bunch of them and also it is known they seek to import technology to produce them,what would probably iran had to do on begining of this war is to provide some knowlege
in terms of educated staff but Yemen already had some capatibilities when it comes to this...Also keep in mind that this blockade is very effective and while it is not imposible to deliver missiles in parts Iran would probably go for option to use what Yemen already had since it would be much better for them than fire iranian made missiles.
We can't say anything for sure but this whole show made by Nikki is pure propaganda...Iran doesn't hide their support for Yemen but I'm sure those missiles we sow in Yemen hands are not iranian made (maybe modified with Iranian help...since it seems they were pretty acurrate)..This missile they claim it is Qiam..well to me it looks more like modified Scud or hwasong which Yemen have...also it has fins,second missile I sow is HQ-2/SA-75 SSM variant(SAM variant can be also converted)...in short in my opinion missile we sow on ceremony is not for sure Qiam...did they get help from Iran..well probably yes on other hand when it comes to anti ship cruise missiles Yemen unveiled as their,those are probably Iranian.
Again this whole show smell like propaganda...I mean there is no sense for Iran to invest time to make missile looks different from their own version and then build it with branded parts where you can see company or country marks...they know that parts of missile will be recovered...expecually from that position it is almost 100% sure that missile body will fail in to S.Arabia when split from warhead....also after I sow missile Nikki H. show it looks to me more like in first case S.Arabia has intercepted only scud body after warhead separete from missile (some sources claim that first missile that targeted air port wasn't even intercepted and also most of Scuds "intercepted" in first gulf war fired from Iraq were infact bodies of missiles not warheads)
Any way those missile attacks are not tactical or strategic missile attack at all,it is clear those missiles are only fired with intention to get data related to missile shiled,otherwisethey would fire multiple missiles from different positions and angles to incrase hit probability in terms of accuracy and missile shiled defense.

 

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There is an interesting discussion about whether the Yemeni Burkan-2H is actually the Iranian Qiam missile on Arms Control Wonk. It seems that the guidance system is an IRI made. You can listen to the discussion here:
https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1204543/up-close-and-personal-with-the-qiam/

Yemen purchased Scud C with a +600km range & 650kg (~1,400 lb) warhead prior to the Saudi war on Yemen! Reducing that payload size & or adding PBV with a reduce payload after 2 years of war with Saudi Arabia would allow them to gain a range of beyond 800km

And even if the guidance system was Iranian which if it was there would be NO PROOF OF IT! SO WHAT? If anything, a guidance system allows the missile to be more accurate which reduces the chance of the missile falling on some Saudi school killing innocent Saudi kids!!!!!!!!!! Or falling on Macca! So even if the guidance was Iranian which if it was any proof of it would clearly be fabricated! SO WHAT? Iran didn't start the Saudi war on Yemen!

Yea lets NOT blame the MORON's that started the war, and after 2 years have gained NOTHING on the ground! Lets blame the people supporting the victims of 2 years of Saudi bombardment!

The richest Arab country has been bombing the poorest Arab country off it's own boarder and someone it's Iran's fault because it seems Iran is among few countries on the planet that sees the injustice in that!

Yemen's entire GDP & economy is about half of Saudi Arabia's military budget and Saudi's after 2 years have gained NOTHING and it's Iran's fault! LOL!

 

[WordsMatter]

Yemen purchased Scud C with a +600km range & 650kg (~1,400 lb) warhead prior to the Saudi war on Yemen! Reducing that payload size & or adding PBV with a reduce payload after 2 years of war with Saudi Arabia would allow them to gain a range of beyond 800km

And even if the guidance system was Iranian which if it was there would be NO PROOF OF IT! SO WHAT? If anything, a guidance system allows the missile to be more accurate which reduces the chance of the missile falling on some Saudi school killing innocent Saudi kids!!!!!!!!!! Or falling on Macca! So even if the guidance was Iranian which if it was any proof of it would clearly be fabricated! SO WHAT? Iran didn't start the Saudi war on Yemen!

Yea lets NOT blame the MORON's that started the war, and after 2 years have gained NOTHING on the ground! Lets blame the people supporting the victims of 2 years of Saudi bombardment!

The richest Arab country has been bombing the poorest Arab country off it's own boarder and someone it's Iran's fault because it seems Iran is among few countries on the planet that sees the injustice in that!

Yemen's entire GDP & economy is about half of Saudi Arabia's military budget and Saudi's after 2 years have gained NOTHING and it's Iran's fault! LOL!

My intention wasn't to hide, or mask, the fact that the war was escalated by SA and her allies. I was just referring to a thread, more a conclusion, that Yemen is receiving support in her war against SA from IRI. Helping one's allies is the most natural thing.
It's the consequences for IRI which is worrisome.

 

[sanel1412]

My intention wasn't to hide, or mask, the fact that the war was escalated by SA and her allies. I was just referring to a thread, more a conclusion, that Yemen is receiving support in her war against SA from IRI. Helping one's allies is the most natural thing.
It's the consequences for IRI which is worrisome.

Well main goal of USA propaganda is to put international attention to Iran and not to illegal war and fact that USA and other western countries are providing weapons that is used against civilians and as terror instrument...by their own lows and international lows forbiden,they should suspend any weapons delivery if country is used it as terror instrument against civilians.
Iran doesn't have to worry ...well at least about this issue..because Iran is act very responsible...and whole world see it,just see how many civilians are killed by USA and countries that USA provides weapons...they are implementing WW2 style bombing in towns ....bomb whole civilian blocks to kill few terrorist in Syria....people in Yemen is dying because they don't have antibiotics,water or food,KSA is bombing them 3 years.
On other side when someone target US armed forces they call it terrorist attack....which doesn't exist by international low or Geneva convention...armed forces and all facilities used/could be used for military purpose are legitimite targets,except if they are sent by UN under UN flag...which is not case in any war lunched by US...also Yemen and KSA are in war which also mean that all airports ,government and military instalations are legitimate targets.
Reason why USA and their puppets don't want to declare war or recognize Huties or any of their enemies as soldiers is exectlly because they want to avoid international lows and Geneva convention but in Yemen it is not posible any more....there are rules even in war...except if USA is one of the sides.
They want to lunch war vs some country,invade it and than expect no one shout on them..or bomb country and expect no retaliation ,by declaring someone as terorist they are not in obligation to do many things and it is easier to sell it...terrorism has definition but it is very differently defined by every country but terror attack was never been and will never be attack on foreign Army on own soil....every country and people has right to defend it self so it has Yemen.

 

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My intention wasn't to hide, or mask, the fact that the war was escalated by SA and her allies. I was just referring to a thread, more a conclusion, that Yemen is receiving support in her war against SA from IRI. Helping one's allies is the most natural thing.
It's the consequences for IRI which is worrisome.

1st off Yemen doesn't fall under some Iranian Axis of allies!
2ndly this is NOT Yemen's war on Saudi Arabia that got escalated by the Saudi's!
Yemeni people got sick of dictatorship and wanted a more inclusive democratic government and Saudi's responded to that by bombing them as if they are the owners of Yemen!

Iran's support for Yemen's people comes as a direct response of Saudi injustice against one of the poorest countries of the region! This is not about support for an ally!

Iran KNOWS the Houthis are NOT going to govern Yemen & has NO DELUSIONS that they ever will! but at the same time Iran realizes that the Houthies and their allies inside Yemen are ~40% of the population so any Yemeni government has to be inclusive and more democratic that includes all sects in Yemen! That is what the Houthis want! that is what Iran and any reasonable person would think is fair! But that for some delusional paranoid reason is UNACCABTABLE to the Saudi's!

Saudi's have created a mass blockade to starve out the Yemeni's people! There is a cholera breaking out! People are starving! That is Genocide! That is MASS MURDER! Yet, U.S. Nikki Haley and the so called United Nations want to change the subject and make it about Iran!

Is Iran creating famine in another country right off its own border???
Is Iran bombing it's poorest neighbor??
Is Iran creating a naval blockade against any of it's neighbors?
Does Iran go around holding prime ministers of other countries and their children hostage to force them to resign?
Is it Iran that's spending more money than any other country in the world per capita and GDP on weapons?
Was it Iran that tried to create a blockade on yet another country in Qatar???

NO it's Saudi Arabia!

The fact that the worlds main Super Power has gotten so WEAK that it get's BLINDSIDED by a little Saudi CASH! IS PATHATIC!!! The United States has turned into the DONKY that follows the carrot (Saudi Cash) at the end of the stick and eventually U.S. will follow that carrot right off a cliff because the people holding the stick are absolute MORONS!

Iran's support for the Yemeni people is NOT about a support for a military ally! It's about support against genocide! Iran has NO DELUSIONS regarding Yemen and the Saudi's are fully aware of that!

Saudi's FEAR democracy that's why they refuse to accept any type of inclusive government and that is why they paid the Egyptian Military to overthrow Egypt's democracy! And the Saudi's will refuse to accept ANY MORE democratic governments in anymore Arab countries unless it's some kind of fake semi-democratic looking country that in reality is fully controlled by them! Because that's the MAIN threat the Saudi Royal family fears!

1st off Yemen doesn't fall under some Iranian Axis of allies!
2ndly this is NOT Yemen's war on Saudi Arabia that got escalated by the Saudi's!
Yemeni people got sick of dictatorship and wanted a more inclusive democratic government and Saudi's responded to that by bombing them as if they are the owners of Yemen!

Iran's support for Yemen's people comes as a direct response of Saudi injustice against one of the poorest countries of the region! This is not about support for an ally!

Iran KNOWS the Houthis are NOT going to govern Yemen & has NO DELUSIONS that they ever will! but at the same time Iran realizes that the Houthies and their allies inside Yemen are ~40% of the population so any Yemeni government has to be inclusive and more democratic that includes all sects in Yemen! That is what the Houthis want! that is what Iran and any reasonable person would think is fair! But that for some delusional paranoid reason is UNACCABTABLE to the Saudi's!

Saudi's have created a mass blockade to starve out the Yemeni's people! There is a cholera breaking out! People are starving! That is Genocide! That is MASS MURDER! Yet, U.S. Nikki Haley and the so called United Nations want to change the subject and make it about Iran!

Is Iran creating famine in another country right off its own border???
Is Iran bombing it's poorest neighbor??
Is Iran creating a naval blockade against any of it's neighbors?
Does Iran go around holding prime ministers of other countries and their children hostage to force them to resign?
Is it Iran that's spending more money than any other country in the world per capita and GDP on weapons?
Was it Iran that tried to create a blockade on yet another country in Qatar???

NO it's Saudi Arabia!

The fact that the worlds main Super Power has gotten so WEAK that it get's BLINDSIDED by a little Saudi CASH! IS PATHATIC!!! The United States has turned into the DONKY that follows the carrot (Saudi Cash) at the end of the stick and eventually U.S. will follow that carrot right off a cliff because the people holding the stick are absolute MORONS!

Iran's support for the Yemeni people is NOT about a support for a military ally! It's about support against genocide! Iran has NO DELUSIONS regarding Yemen and the Saudi's are fully aware of that!

Saudi's FEAR democracy that's why they refuse to accept any type of inclusive government and that is why they paid the Egyptian Military to overthrow Egypt's democracy! And the Saudi's will refuse to accept ANY MORE democratic governments in anymore Arab countries unless it's some kind of fake semi-democratic looking country that in reality is fully controlled by them! Because that's the MAIN threat the Saudi Royal family fears!