IRGC Touts New Ballistic Missile
November 10 2022
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has developed a new ballistic missile capable of defeating advanced air defense systems, reports the semi-official Tasnim news agency (Tehran).
On Thursday, Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the IRGC aerospace forces, told reporters that the indigenously developed ballistic missile is capable of achieving hypersonic speeds and can maneuver within and above the atmosphere.
Hypersonic speeds are those greater than...
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