Soumar (missile)
The Soumar (Persian: سومار) is a long range Cruise missile built by Iran. The missile was named in the honor of a city called Soumar whose inhabitants were all killed when Saddam's regime attacked the city with chemical weapons.
On September 9, 2012, Iranian media quoted Iran's deputy defense minister that a medium range cruise missile called Meshkat will be revealed soon.[1] He mentioned that the missile can be fired from ground, air and sea and will have a range of 2000 km. However the unveiling did not happen until 2015.
On 2015 a long range cruise missile was revealed under the name "Soumar" which possibly is the more matured type of Meshkat. The range of the missile was not mentioned. Haaretz newspaper claimed the design closely resembles the Kh-55 that Iran acquired from Ukraine in 2001.[2] Because of the similarities media guess a range between 2000 to 3000 km for it.[3]
References
- ^ "Iran to unveil Meshkat medium-range cruise missile". PressTV. Tehran. 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ^ "Iran unveils new long-range cruise missile". Haaretz. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ "Iran reveals new Soumar ground-launched cruise missile". Janes Defense. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
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