Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps navy has taken delivery of sophisticated new drones, surveillance systems and missiles. With ranges between 300 to 1,000 kilometers, the missiles can be mounted on ships or trucks and used to close the vital Gulf of Hormuz
With a range of over 1,000 Km, Iran’s new precision anti-ship missile is designed to keep Western navel forces “away from the Iranian coasts.”
According to the Pentagon, the US to send a guided missile destroyer and additional F-35s and F-16s to the Persian Gulf to “defend US interests and safeguard freedom of navigation in the region
The Damavand-2, which will shortly join the Iranian Navy after completing sea trials, will be armed with hypersonic missiles. This is significant given that the U.S. has yet to even develop hypersonic weapons.
According to the commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division, the range of Iran’s indigenously developed hypersonic missile could soon be extended to 2,000km
Iranian drones have already played a key part in the war in Ukraine. With the provision of the more advanced Mohajer-6. Iranian drone technology could play and even bigger role
Iran claims the Fattah has a range of 1,400 kilometers and can reach speeds between Mach 13-15. If it can perform as claimed, the missile represents a major breakthrough for Iran. The U.S., and Israel, are yet to develop hypersonic weapons
This would have been unthinkable a year ago and the U.S. or Israel will not welcome it. At China’s instigation, Iran and Saudi Arabia have put aside their differences and together with United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Iraq, they have formed a naval alliance to oversee regional naval security
The US may try to broker a deal to normalize relations Saudi-Israeli relations in a bid to calm Israeli anger over a possible new with Iran over its nuclear program
Oman acted as an intermediary to help thaw relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It could now be doing the same in a potential diplomatic outreach between Iran and the U.S.
Although Iran has some very capable scientists and engineers, it’s not beyond the bounds of possibility that Russia may have passed on some of its hypersonic know how in exchange for Iran’s assistance with drones
The unveiling of Iran’s latest ballistic missile, the Kheiber, has reportedly sparked alarm in Israel. As Zionists see their lead in advanced military technology gradually diminished by steady Iranian advances