(Tehran) The US Department of Defense's annual report to Congress on the Islamic Republic's military capabilities claims that Iran has started fielding ballistic anti-ship missiles. According to a declassified sections of the report:
It will be interesting to see if the US military is simply using this to increase its budget. I mean the Iranians are known for their bombastic claims, and the missile is based on the Russian Frog 7 missile which first saw the light of day in 1965.
"Tehran is quietly fielding increasingly lethal symmetric and asymmetric weapon systems, including more advanced naval mines, small but capable submarines, coastal defence cruise missile batteries, attack craft, and anti-ship ballistic missiles,"The Khalij Fars is a single-stage solid-propellant, supersonic anti-ship quasi ballistic missile with a range of 300 km based on the Fateh-110 missile. It is equipped with a 650 kg explosive warhead and an interception evading guidance system with an electro-optical (EO) seeker that enables it to home in on a ship's infrared signature in its terminal phase.
It will be interesting to see if the US military is simply using this to increase its budget. I mean the Iranians are known for their bombastic claims, and the missile is based on the Russian Frog 7 missile which first saw the light of day in 1965.
