Analysts believe that the Soumar’s range is comparable to the Kh-55 which has a range of 2,500 km. The missile is believed to be one of the variants of the 'Meshkat' cruise missile announced in 2012. [1], According to Jonathan Ruhe and Blake Fleisher from the Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy (part of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Washington D.C.), nuclear capable cruise missiles, such as the Soumar, were overlooked in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran's nuclear program and UN Security Council Resolution 2231.[2]. Iran unveiled today a new, long range surface-launched cruise missile designed for land-attack. Iran does have a cruise missile that would fit the bill: the Soumar, which was revealed during a ceremony in March 2015. Initially, Iran claimed that its new cruise missile had a range of 3,000 km. According to Israeli sources Hoveyzeh cruise missile can bypass all existing American and Israeli defense systems and hit any target in the Israeli territories without being detected.[6][7]. This Iran-related article is a stub. Range: 2,000-3,000 km "Ce missile sol-sol, appelé Hoveizeh, appartient à la catégorie Soumar des missiles de croisière, qui ont été dévoilés en 2015", a-t-il précisé. In 2005, Ukraine acknowledged that 12 Kh-55’s (without nuclear warheads) were illegally sold to Iran in 2001 through a black market counterfeit operation. Diameter: 0.514 m The unveiling of the Soumar missile, which has a range of 2,500 kilometers, now puts all of Turkey, Greece, most of the former Yugoslav peninsula, Ukraine, and large parts of Russia within striking distance. It is highly likely that the missile is derived from the Russian / Soviet Kh-55, several of which were illegally sold to Iran by Ukraine in 2001. Originated from: Iran The Hoveyzeh is from the Soumar family of cruise missiles. Length: 7.24 m The Soumar and its updated version, the Hoveyzeh, are Iran’s attempts at reverse-engineering the Soviet-designed KH-55 cruise missile, several of which the country illegally imported from Ukraine in the early 2000s. However, to reach that distance, the Soumar would need conformal fuel tanks, which it did not have when it was unveiled in March 2015. One major difference in the two, however, is that the Soumar is equipped with a solid rocket booster and is thus a ground launched missile, rather than the air launched Kh-55.1 One significant point of contention is the Soumar’s range. Others claimed it was the Quds 1, a recently unveiled Houthi cruise missile often claimed to be a rebranded Soumar. Ukrainian Missile Sales A claim is made in the article that Ukraine sold missiles to Iran, but the referenced article seems to indicate that these were black-market items which Ukraine has confirmed/admitted were sold to Iran without any admission that … Warhead: Conventional, possibly nuclear capable Basing: Ground-launched L’Iran a dévoilé le missile de croisière longue distance lors d’une autre cérémonie tenue plus tôt ce mois-ci. Revealed: The Truth Behind Iran’s New Dangerous Cruise Missile. The missile was named in the honour of a village called Soumar, whose inhabitants were all killed when Saddam Hussein’s regime attacked the village with chemical weapons. The design closely resembles the Kh-55 that Iran acquired from Ukraine in 2001. Named after a city destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War, the Soumar is a reverse-engineered copy of the Soviet-made Kh-55 cruise missile. The Hoveyzeh (Persian: موشک کروز هویزه) is an Iranian designed and built, all-weather, surface-to-surface cruise missile. This article related to weaponry is a stub. Bonjour, Ce blog est édité par Jean René Belliard. While exact information on capabilities are unavailable, it is estimated these missiles carry an 880 pound (400 kg) high explosive warhead. Iran has unveiled its first surface-to-surface missile defense system capable of hitting targets with accuracy and “high precision”, the Iranian Defense Minister announced at a ceremony on Sunday, triggering a fearful reaction of neighboring Israel. Missile Threat is a product of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Little is confirmed about the technical specifications of the Soumar cruise missile as it has yet to be flight tested. Toutefois, en 2015, l’Iran aurait testé le missile Soumar, qui peut atteindre 2 500 kilomètres, plaçant le sud-est de l’Europe – et notamment Budapest – à portée de tir de Téhéran. In 2015, Iran unveiled a cruise missile called the Soumar that it had reverse-engineered from a dozen Soviet-era Kh-55 cruise missiles it acquired from Ukraine in 2001. Deqhan a également parlé d’un nouveau missile iranien sol-sol, le Soumar. Possessed by: Iran The missile was named in the honour of a village called Soumar, whose inhabitants were all killed when Saddam Hussein ’s regime attacked the village with chemical weapons. However, the origin of the Soumar appears to be from the nuclear capable Russian Kh-55. Missile Threat brings together a wide range of information and analyses relating to the proliferation of cruise and ballistic missiles around the world and the air and missile defense systems designed to defeat them. This page was last edited on 7 November 2020, at 23:02. The Soumar (Persian: سومار) is an Iranian long-range cruise missile. The Soumar (Persian: سومار) is an Iranian long-range cruise missile. The Sourmar cruise missile dubbed “Martyr Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis” with a range of 1,000 kilometers was displayed 20 August 2020. Class: Cruise missile Currently, Iran holds the Middle East's largest stockpile of missiles. 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Iran’s Defense Ministry, in an unusual public display, on Sunday introduced a new cruise missile, the Soumar. It is estimated that this flaw would drop the range to 2,500 km (the alleged range of the Kh-55). Sign up for the CSIS Missile Defense Project’s monthly newsletter for info on the project’s latest publications, upcoming events, and analysis on recent missile defense news. However the unveiling did not happen until 2015. The cruise missile has a range of 450 kilometers (280 miles), a speed of 900 kilometers (560 miles) per hour, and a maximum altitude of 45,000 feet. The missile was named in the honour of a village called Soumar, whose inhabitants were all killed when Saddam Hussein’s regime attacked the village with chemical weapons. The missile was unveiled at a defense exhibition in Tehran on 2 February 2019 during celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. 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