The Nakal is described as missile of the Badr family, which would make it a precision-guided solid-fuel short range missile. The range is given as 160km.
The Zulfiqar is supposed to have a range of 1500km and very much resembles a standard Scud in the animation, which seems a little dubious.
Some more clues on Iranian-DPRK cooperation in today's Treasury designations of individuals associated with Iran's liquid propellant entity Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG).
The first interesting part is the mention of DPRK specialists assisting one of Iran's space launches. Considering the similarities between both countries's SLVs, this is not too surprising.
The scond one mentions Seyyed Mirahmad Noushin as being 'key to negotiations with the North Koreans on long-range missile development projects.'
A few thoughts on the recent Reuters report mentioning that "Iran and North Korea have resumed cooperation on a long-range missile project, including the transfer of critical parts." 1/9 news.trust.org/item/202009201…
What project are they referring to? Well, we don't know for sure but there are a few potential options. 2/9
The first one is Iran's apparent role in the development of North Korea's RD-250 engine clone which powers the DPRK's Hwasong 15 ICBM. Unfortunately, apart from a single treasury designation, almost nothing is known about Iran's role in the project. 3/9 treasury.gov/press-center/p…
While the Houthis' Qiam-based systems appear to be entirely smuggled from Iran, shorter range systems like the Badr 1/1P/F seem to be at least partially locally manufactured (almost certainly using Iranian components and tech though)
Which of course would not be surprising. Enabling local production by proxies / allied groups has been Iran's strategy for more than a decade now.
Quick thread on the comments about Iran's new solid-fuel SLV by Minister of Defence Hatami. 1/8 mehrnews.com/news/4999511/%…
First Hatami mentioned that he thinks there will be a launch of both the Simorgh and the Zoljanah SLV in the current Iranian year (until March 2021). 2/8
The Zolajanah was first mentioned in February as a new all-solid SLV without going into specifics. This time, Hatami gave at least some more details. 3/8 mehrnews.com/news/4848202/%…