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The Fakour-90 is not a "basic copy" of the AIM-54 Phoenix, even though they share obvious similarities. This missile is likely related to the AIM-23 Sedjil program of the 80s to turn the MIM-23 Hawk SAM into an A2A missile. Iran already produces upgraded MIM-23 Hawk based SAMs called 'Shahin' and 'Shalamche' with updated and digitized radars in large numbers for the IRIADF.Fakour-90, a basic copy of American AIM-54 Phoenix. Reversed engineered missile and installed on obsolete F14 Tomcats. Pakistan can easily taken them out with its SD-10A, PL15, Pakistan made H4s. Still I appreciate the lethal Fakour-90 missile with a 200km+ range and many qualities of the Air to Air Missile.
The 'Meshkat' LACM was apparently renamed to 'Soumar' before its unveiling. Both the 2.500 km range Soumar and another Iranian 1.350 km range LACM called 'Hoveyzeh' are derived from the Kh-55 that Iran acquired from Ukraine, but not copies of it. In fact, the Kh-55 is an air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) which, except for the Su-34, can only be carried by heavy strategic Soviet bombers, while the Soumar and Hoveyzeh are ground-launched LACM that can be operated from anywhere in Iran.Meshkat is a close copy of Ukrainain Kh-55 cruise missile, LOL Pakistan laughs of at this, with RAAD, Babur, and MRVs.
I frankly can not see at all how the ground-launched Ya-Ali LACM could possibly be a copy of, or related to, the Pakistani Raad ALCM or Zarb and Harba ASCMs.Infact the Ya'Ali Missile which was made in 2015 is a total copy of Pakistani made RAAD, Zarb and Harba Cruise Missiles. There are various connections that Pakistan sold alot of these missile to Iran during Asif Ali Zardari era, a shia himself.