South Africa has applied to the U.N. Security Council to sell the Umkhonto surface-to-air missile system to Iran. The high velocity missile is capable of taking out both airborne and stationary targets and was designed to carry a 23 kg warhead. It was developed for the South African Navy's Meko A200 class frigate. The application for the sale follows a memorandum of understanding on the expansion of defense cooperation signed on December 13, 2016 between the defense ministers of South Africa and Iran.