Weapon Program:
- Missile
Publication:
Related Country:
- China
- North Korea
- Russia
- Syria
| Missile | Description | Missile's Estimated Range | Estimated Development Start date | Flight Test | Notes |
| Mushak-120 / Iran-130 | Modified CSS-8 surface-surface missile. Solid propellant. Payload of 500kg |
1,300km. |
1990, with Chinese assistance. | Unknown. | Now manufactured indigenously. |
| Mushak-160 / Fateh-110 |
0.45m diameter. Solid propellant. Surface-surface missile. | 170km. | 1997, Based on the Chinese DF-11A. | 2 tests: May 31, 2001. Sept. 6, 2002. |
No details were given.
Now manufactured locally. |
| Mushak-200 / Zelzal-2 |
Version of the Luna-M (NATO name FROG-7) rocket. 8.3m long rocket. Payload of 600kg. |
200km. |
In development. | Unknown | New derivative, Zelzal, was exhibited in 1999. |
| Shahab-1 / Scud-B | Single-stage, liquid propellant. 11m long and 85-90cm diameter. Payload of 800kg. | 300km | Bought from Libya and Syria in 1985-86, from North Korea in 1987 and maybe also Russia. | Used extensively in war with Iraq, from 1985 to 1988. | Core of Iran's ballistic missile defenses. Able to manufacture most of it at home. |
| Shahab-2 / Scud-C |
Based on the Scud-B and Chinese DF-61. Payload of 700 kilograms. Capable of carrying chemical and biological weapons. | 500km. |
Bought from North Korea in 1990. |
Unknown. | Can be assembled locally now with foreign imports. |
| Shahab-3 / Zelzal-3 |
Derivative of the North Korean No Dong-1. Single-stage, liquid-fueled missile. 15.2m long, 1.2m diameter. Payload of 1,000km. |
1,300km. | First shipments from North Korea were halted due to U.S. pressure in 1993, but Iran had received at least 10 missiles by 1996. Local production began in May 2002. | 8 flight tests:
1997 July, 22 1998 September 1998 July 15, 2000 Sept. 21, 2000 May 23, 2002 July 2002 July 4, 2002 July 7, 2003. |
Ground tests. Flight test could have been a failure but not sure. Flight test. Successful test. Failed test. Successful test. Unreported, failed. Successful test. Successful, declared final test.
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| Shahab-4 | Derivative of the North Korean Nodong-2 and the Soviet SS-4. Payload of 1,000kg. | 2,000km. | Development began with assistance from Russia and China. | Unknown. | Local development was announced but suspended in November 2003. |
| Shahab-5 / Kosar |
Variant of the North Korean the Taepo Dong 1 and Taepo Dong 2. Both are two-stage, liquid-fueled intermediate-range ballistic missiles. | 3,500-5,500km. | Reports from 1995 and 1996 claim that Iran has begun research and development of the missile, but are not confirmed. | Unknown. | Development is highly unlikely and reports are speculative. |
Sources:
Andrew Feickert, "Missile Survey: Ballistic and Cruise Missiles of Foreign Countries," Congressional Research Service, March 5, 2004,
http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/countries/country.asp?ID=2&country=Iran
Anthony H. Cordesman, "Proliferation in the "Axis of Evil": North Korea, Iran, and Iraq," Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jan. 3, 2003,
http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/countries/country.asp?ID=2&country=Iran
Anthony H. Cordesman, "Iran and Nuclear Weapons," Center for Strategic and International Studies, Feb. 7, 2003,
http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/countries/country.asp?ID=2&country=Iran
GlobalSecurity.org "Iran Special Weapons Guide," Dec. 13, 2003,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/missile.htm
Joseph Cirincione, Jon B. Wolfsthal, Miriam Rajkumar, "Deadly Arsenals," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, June 2002,
http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/countries/country.asp?ID=2&country=Iran
Ronald H. Siegel, "The Missile Programs of North Korea, Iraq, and Iran," Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies, September 2001,
http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/weapons/weapon.asp?ID=4&weapon=missi...
" Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions," Central Intelligence Agency, Aug. 10, 2000. July 1-Dec. 31, 1999 Internet edition,
http://www.odci.gov/cia/reports/721_reports/jan_jun2001.htm