{"id":307321,"date":"2025-04-24T06:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=307321"},"modified":"2025-04-26T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T06:00:04","slug":"irans-fattah-1-hypersonic-missile-is-accurate-lethal-and-unstoppable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=307321","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s “Fattah-1” Hypersonic Missile Is Accurate, Lethal and Unstoppable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Whitney \u2013 The Unz Review April 22, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

In the event that the United States and Israel launch a preemptive attack on Iran, Iran is prepared to deliver a withering response that will destroy US military bases, oil production facilities, critical infrastructure, and command and control centres across the Middle East. In short, Iran has the ability to set the entire region ablaze at the flip-of-a-switch due entirely to its prodigious missile capability which surpasses that of either the United States or Israel.<\/strong> Check out this excerpt from an article at The National Interest<\/em> titled Why Iran\u2019s Fattah-1 Hypersonic Missile Is a Disaster for Israeli Security:<\/p>\n

Two years ago, in June 2023, the Islamic Republic of Iran unveiled the Fattah-1, the country\u2019s first hypersonic ballistic missile<\/strong>\u2014at least according to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. Fattah means \u201cConqueror\u201d in Farsi.<\/p>\n

The missile represents a significant milestone in Iran\u2019s military ambitions<\/strong>, signaling its intent to project power\u2014and highlights the radical, evolving nature of Iran\u2019s missile threat. In many respects, this threat is even more of a concern to Western strategists than Iran\u2019s threshold nuclear weapons capability. <\/strong>After all, even if Iran developed such weapons, it could not use them without inviting its own annihilation. But if Tehran had truly developed a hypersonic ballistic missile, everyone knows which nation it would be first to target\u2026.<\/p>\n

Unlike traditional ballistic missiles that follow predictable parabolic trajectories, the Fattah-1 features a maneuverable reentry vehicle (MaRV), enabling it to adjust its course mid-flight, both within and outside Earth\u2019s atmosphere. This maneuverability, <\/strong>facilitated by a solid-fuel propulsion system and a movable secondary nozzle, is central to Fattah-1\u2019s ability to evade most advanced missile defense systems, such as the Israeli Arrow, David\u2019s Sling, and Iron Dome\u2014or even American systems like the Aegis and Patriot.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In other words, the presence of Fattah-1 should give both the Americans and Israelis pause as to agitating for preventative air strikes against suspected Iranian nuclear weapons development facilities. Why Iran\u2019s Fattah-1 Hypersonic Missile Is a Disaster for Israeli Security,<\/a> National Interest<\/em><\/p>\n

Repeat: The US and Israel\u2019s most advanced missile defense systems, (the Israeli Arrow, David\u2019s Sling, Iron Dome, Aegis and Patriot) are useless against Iran\u2019s hypersonic missiles. In other words, the Fattah-1 is unstoppable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\uf1ee\uf1f7Iran’s Fattah Hypersonic Missile, 400 seconds to Israel\uf525 pic.twitter.com\/IPXvMy2dee<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Zeinab (@Zeinaab_Mk) April 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n