Iran's ballistic missiles: Fattah Ballistic Missile and It's Family Of Hypersonic Ballistic Missiles

 Nadene Goldfoot                                        

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• On October 1, 2024, Iran directly attacked Israel for the second time in six months, launching at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israeli towns cities and towns and sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters. Iran simply did what it has been doing for decades: trying to obliterate Israel.  They have a new missile, the Fattah 1 and its update, the Fattah 2, now.  

  In recent years, the concept of “hypersonic” missiles has 

• become a talking point for countries, from Russia to the US 

• and China.  Iran speaks loudly about their acquisition in order 

• to control others. 

• A hypersonic weapon is a weapon capable of travelling at hypersonic speed, defined as between 5 and 25 times the speed of sound or about 1 to 5 miles per second (1.6 to 8.0 km/s).

  Below such speeds, weapons would be characterized as subsonic or supersonic, while above such speeds, the molecules of the atmosphere disassociate into a plasma which makes control and communication difficult.

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However, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian looked on from the dais, as a Fattah ballistic missile was displayed during at a military parade in Tehran on September 21, 2024. Fattah missiles were used in Iran’s October 1 attack on Israel. 

Israel’s security cabinet will meet Thursday night (tonight) to vote on Israel’s response to Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack, said an Israeli official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a “direct” and “productive” phone call Wednesday, the White House said — the first time the two have spoken in seven weeks amid an increasingly fractured relationship. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Wednesday that Israel would inflict a “powerful, precise and above all — surprising” attack on Iran.

            Fattah 2: Why is Iran showcasing this untested hypersonic missile? 

Fattah-1 (Persian: فتاح, lit. 'conqueror') is an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile developed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and unveiled in June 2023. It is Iran's first hypersonic ballistic missile. According to Iran, its high maneuverability and speed helps it to evade missile defense systems. 

Its name, meaning "conqueror" or "bringer of victory", "victor" in Arabic, is in reference to Al-Fattāḥ, was selected by the Supreme Leader of Iran.

The missile has been reported to have the capability to carry nuclear warheads should Iran further pursue its nuclear program.  According to Iran, it can maneuver in and out of the atmosphere, and is capable of bypassing missile defenses.

  In November 2023, Iran unveiled a newer version of the missile:  Fattah-2.

Fattah 1's  successor, Fattah-2 is a hypersonic glide vehicle and offers substantially more maneuverability compared to a ballistic warhead travelling in a more predictable arc pattern.

Resource:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/10/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-war-news-gaza/

https://www.israpundit.org/israel-will-and-should-attack-iran-gen-wesley-clark/

https://www.israpundit.org/biden-to-jews-no-to-defending-against-irans-nuclear-weapons/