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| Iran claims to have created long-range hypersonic missile | Iran claims to have created long-range hypersonic missile |
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| State TV says Fattah missile has range of up to 870 miles and can bypass any regional missile defence system | State TV says Fattah missile has range of up to 870 miles and can bypass any regional missile defence system |
| Iran has claimed it has created a hypersonic missile capable of travelling at 15 times the speed of sound. | Iran has claimed it has created a hypersonic missile capable of travelling at 15 times the speed of sound. |
| The announcement came as tensions remain high with the US over Tehran’s nuclear programme. | The announcement came as tensions remain high with the US over Tehran’s nuclear programme. |
| Iran’s state television reported that the missile – called Fattah, or “Conqueror” in Farsi – had a range of up to 870 miles (1,400km). | Iran’s state television reported that the missile – called Fattah, or “Conqueror” in Farsi – had a range of up to 870 miles (1,400km). |
| The report also claimed the missile could pass through any regional missile defence system, though it offered no evidence to support the claim. | The report also claimed the missile could pass through any regional missile defence system, though it offered no evidence to support the claim. |
| The broadcast showed what appeared to be a model of the missile being unveiled by the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s hardline paramilitary organisation, before President Ebrahim Raisi. The guards already have a vast arsenal of ballistic missiles. | The broadcast showed what appeared to be a model of the missile being unveiled by the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s hardline paramilitary organisation, before President Ebrahim Raisi. The guards already have a vast arsenal of ballistic missiles. |
| The domestically-developed hypersonic missile "Fattah", #Iran IRGC's most recent achievement, was unveiled on Tuesday morning (June 6) in the presence of President Ebrahim Raisi. pic.twitter.com/wzwUTRR3ez | |
| In November, Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh of the Revolutionary Guards claimed that Iran had created a hypersonic missile, without offering evidence to support it. That claim came during the nationwide protests that followed the death in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country’s “morality police”. | In November, Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh of the Revolutionary Guards claimed that Iran had created a hypersonic missile, without offering evidence to support it. That claim came during the nationwide protests that followed the death in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country’s “morality police”. |
| Hypersonic weapons, which fly at speeds in excess of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, could pose crucial challenges to missile defence systems because of their speed and manoeuvrability. | |
| China is believed to be pursuing the weapons, as is the US. Russia claims to already be fielding the weapons and has said it has used them on the battlefield in Ukraine. | China is believed to be pursuing the weapons, as is the US. Russia claims to already be fielding the weapons and has said it has used them on the battlefield in Ukraine. |