Iran's defense ministry's product portfolio enters the next generation
Previous platform are replaced by upgraded or new ones
This is a breakup of the important product changes
Starting with
1: Ghadr/Emad ballistic missile (L) with Khorramshahr (R)
Role: Heavy liquid MRBM
1/n
2: Zolfaghar/Dezful solid propellant SRBMs replaced with Haj-Qasem MRBM
3: Mohajer-6 MALE drone is replaced in its role with Ababil-5
Role: Lower-end MALE strike drone
As a product, its replaced by the Mohajer-10 MALE strike drone
Role: Higher-end piston-engine MALE strike and stand-off surveillance drone (3rd Photo)
4: Ghadr/Ghadir anti-ship missiles (blue color) replaced with a combination of Abu-Mahdi heavy long-range anti-Ship CM (grey color)
Plus
Nasir (R, blue color) light anti-ship missile and its planned future improved range variants
Role: 90-1000km+ range sea-skimming anti-ship CM
5: Toophan (TOW) ATGM by a combination of 🇷🇺 Kornet and 🇮🇱 Spike derived Dehlaviye and Almaz family
Variants are Kornet & Kornet-M based
&
Spike-MR/-LR/-ER based
Role: Different ground/air launch stand-off anti-tank & anti-helicopter missile, man-portable and vehicle mounted
6: Saeghe (Dragon) short-range ATGM with Badr fire-and-forget ATGM
Role: Short-range "self-defense", urban warfare, commando single man, portable ATGM
Some older platforms however are kept alive & in production:
Fateh solid propellant SRBM (2002), has reached its 5th generation (-F)
Qiam liquid propellant SRBM (2010) has become a light MRBM which reaches 1400km in its Rezvan variant
➡️ Probably difficult to beat economically
Some platforms probably won't replace their predecessors, but are a new capability
- Long-range, guided Fajr-5 heavy artillery rocket
- Guided Falagh short-range heavy "siege" rocket
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➡️ Combining Tabas and Raad ambush SAM systems in the yet unknown SAM system (left photo)
Lets take a look at the features of Raad-3/Tabas-2 (whatever its called), some of which are unique 1/2
Main feature is passive engagement capability of the Raad system, which combines infrared volume search with a long-range laser-range-finder
➡️ It allows passive engagement up until the last seconds before SAM impact, when it switches to terminal SARH mode and radar is turned on
In the new system, infrared search cameras are likely mounted on the mast, putting it at higher position
On the photo, the mast only mounts the long-range directional data-link antenna, which is a very important capability of the system.
It relies on upper-echelon early warning
- Shahab-3
- Ghadr (if non-sub-munition & no "evader MaRV")
- Sejil-2 (if non-sub-munition & no "evader MaRV")
- Emad (if no "evader MaRV")
- Dezful (if no "evader MaRV")
- Qiam-2
- Rezvan (at reduced range/coverage)
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Arrow-2 (-1) effective against (2/2):
- Khorramshahr-2 (if non-sub-munition & no "evader MaRV")
- Khorramshahr-4 *
-Haj-Qasem *
- Kheybar-Shekan *
- Fattah-1 (at point defense range/coverage or launch on remote of several interceptors)