VEVAK
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stealth cruise missile is more a marketing term by the arms industry. A cruise missile is already hard to detect because it flies low and is small in size.
Stealth cruise missiles just attempt to reduce the RCS of the cruise missile even further by design.
It’s nothing out of Iran’s capabilities.
In terms of stealth you can use imaging rather than radar for mapping to reduce radio emotions to an absolute minimum
For Iran they can hide the engine inside the airframe to further reduce RCS
The use of RAM coating will also further reduce your RCS
I guess you could potentially make your Missiles EMP prof and deploy Small EMP warheads on some of your missile to go off over specific areas
OR you could stack some of your missiles with flairs and decoy by creating large amount of firework over a targeted area that would create hell on their optical sensors
You can also deploy jammers on some of your missiles to protect against radar guided SAM's
There is a wide range of tactics and countermeasures you can use on a 20ft long 20in in diameter cruise missile
But for cruise missiles the most important thing is intel! Intel as to what the safest rout is! Knowing exactly where enemy SAM's & Aircraft are located! Knowing exactly what type of defensive systems protect the rout you plan on flying!...
Without appropriate data and the use of appropriate tactics, countermeasures and subsystems your subsonic cruise missiles will be relatively easy to shoot down
Fact is for subsonic cruise missiles to be a major factor in Iran defense doctrine they would need to be mass produce and deployed in very high numbers