This looks very interesting and l could not find out that much appart this one.
Apparently this item is really recent
(Source: Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, Tehran, in Persian 0630 gmt 7 Mar 10) so this one will be interesting to watch.
| Iran opens “Nasr 1” cruise missile production line | Service: Foreign Policy
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TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran inaugurated the production line of a cruise missile dubbed “Nasr 1” (Victory 1) on Sunday. Nasr 1 is a short-range missile, capable of destroying warships up to 3000 tons and can be launched from the ground or different warships, said Iran’s Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi who attended the opening ceremony of the production line. In the near future, Iran will produce another version of Nasr that could be launched from helicopters and submarines, he added. End Item | |
Iran launches missile production line
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
07/03/2010 09:33
Teheran says Nasr 1 Missile will be capable of destroying targets up to 100 tons in size.
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FILE - Then nominee for defense minister, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, delivers his speech in an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, in this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo. Vahidi announced on state TV Sunday March 7, 2010 a new production line of highly accurate, long range cruise missiles capable of evading radar. The missile named Nasr 1 (Victory) will be capable of destroying targets up to 100 tons in size according to Vahidi. Iran frequently makes announcements about new advances in military technology that cannot be independently verified. (AP Photo / Vahid Salemi, File) ( source http://wtop.com/?nid=500&sid=1905960)
Iran's defense minister has announced a new production line of highly accurate, long range cruise missiles capable of evading radar.
Gen. Ahmad Vahidi told state TV Sunday that the missile named Nasr 1 (Victory) will be capable of destroying targets up to 100 tons in size.
The missile is launched from the surface but will eventually be modified to be fired from helicopters and submarines, he said.
Iran frequently makes announcements about new advances in military technology that cannot be independently verified.
Iran began a military self-sufficiency program in 1992, under which it produces a large range of weapons, including tanks, medium range missiles, jet fighters and torpedoes.
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that Iran has built a new missile launch pad that could accommodate the firing of the Islamic Republic’s next-generation satellite launch vehicle (SLV) called Simorgh, which Israel fears is being developed to serve as an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach all of Europe.
Satellite footage taken by Jane’s with the DigitalGlobe and GeoEye satellites revealed that Iran has constructed a new launch site near the current Semnan space center. The imagery shows a new site four kilometers from Semnan with a 13-meter wide gantry tower approximately 20 meters tall. The site, Jane’s said, appeared to be midway toward completion. (included below including hi resolution photo)
Iran begins producing new shortrange missile; TV report
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Tehran (Agence France Presse )--7Mar2010/158 am EST/658 GMT
Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday opened a new production facility that will make short-range missiles which can destroy targets at sea, state television's website reported.
Vahidi said the Nasr 1 (Victory) missile is capable of "destroying targets weighing three thousand tonnes."
"It is a short-range missile which can be fired from the seashore and also from different vessels (ships) and in future it will have the ability to be fired from helicopters and submarines," Vahidi said in Tehran where the facility is located.
Vahidi last month opened two other missile production plants, one making ground-to-air missiles dubbed Qaem (Rising) and the other turning out surface-to-surface missiles dubbed Toofan 5 (Storm).
Iran's missile and space programmes have sparked mounting alarm in the West amid fears that a command of advanced ballistics technologies combined with the nuclear know-how acquired from its declared civilian programme may enable it to produce an atomic weapon.
Iran denies it is seeking nuclear weapons but has regularly boasted of having missiles that can target arch-foe Israel.
In December it tested the Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone) missile, describing it as a faster version of a medium-range missile that could allow it to strike Israel.
Iran launches production line of Nasr-1 missiles
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Text of report by state-run Iranian TV news channel on 7 March
The production line of the Nasr-1 cruise missile started today [7 March] with the minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran in attendance at the aerospace industries organization under the Defence Ministry.
At an inauguration ceremony, Gen Vahidi said that the Nasr-1 missile is capable of destroying targets up to 3,000 t in size.
The defence minister added: This missile belongs to a short range missile class which could be launched from ports and navy. In the near future, it will be possible to launch them from helicopters and submarine.
The minister of defence and armed forces logistics said that the production of the missile shows that threats against the Iranian nation have not yielded any results, adding: The radar-evading Nasr-1 missile, which is the product of two-year efforts of domestic experts, is of high precision.
Source: Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, Tehran, in Persian 0630 gmt 7 Mar 10
According to the Global Security website this missle is a derivative of
Iranian Nasr-2 Flight Tested Dec. 6 th.
Iran flight tested the new Nasr-2 (Victory) improved derivation of the Nasr-1 anti-ship missile during the Gulf of Oman naval exercise code named Unity-87. It is essentially a Iran derivation of the Chinese C-802 and French Exocet anti ship design with improvements. It was said to have successfully hit its target 30 kilometers from the warship based launch platform. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/iran/missile-developments.htm and http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/missile/index.html
Yaakov Katz contributed to this report
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IHS Jane’s Analyses Satellite Imagery of Construction of New Launch Site in Iran
LONDON (5 March 2010) Through the use of commercial satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe and GeoEye, IHS Jane’s has revealed that a new launch pad is being constructed at Iran’s Semnan space centre that could ultimately launch Tehran’s next-generation Simorgh rocket.
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Jane’s Defence Weekly, 4 March 2010, reported that Iran unveiled the Simorgh space-launch vehicle (SLV) on 3 February, but as of March 2010 has not publicly revealed the location of the rocket’s launch complex. However, IHS Jane’s has observed a new site four kilometres northeast of Iran’s existing launch facility at Semnan on a WorldView-2 satellite image dated 6 February 2010. It contains a gantry tower, which is 13 metres wide, approximately18 – 20 metres tall and has a cliff-side flame bucket nearly as high as the tower itself. It appears midway towards completion. Although the tower is not yet tall enough to facilitate vertical assembly of the 27-metre Simorgh, the launch pad could easily accommodate Iran’s new rocket if the gantry were to be extended by an additional 10 metres.
In addition to this site, IHS Jane’s has observed another facility two and a half kilometers to the southwest; between the new site and the existing one. Although this facility is in early stages of construction, its heavily secured nature and restricted access indicate it is a primary element of the newly constructed complex.
Using satellite imagery from the Ikonos and WorldView-2 satellites taken on 11 February 2010, IHS Jane’s has identified the Simorgh and Safir-2 rockets displayed during the pro-revolution rallies in Tehran’s Azadi Square. The commercial satellite imagery is coded with geographic metadata that enables IHS Jane’s to garner several accurate measurements of the Simorgh.
The development of the Semnan facility and the Simorgh SLV both demonstrate the likelihood of collaboration with North Korea in Iran’s missile programme. The platforms seen on the new gantry tower resemble those seen on the gantry tower at North Korea’s new launch pad at Tongchang. A drainage pit 170 metres directly in front of the pad also mirrors one at Pyongyang’s new west-coast launch site. Similarly, the first stage of the Simorgh strongly resembles the North Korean Unha-2, with four clustered engines and nearly the same dimensions.
IHS Jane’s concludes that given these investments in its missile infrastructure, and despite the United States attempting to garner support for further sanctions against Iran for its nuclear programme, Tehran appears determined to continue developing its missile and rocket capabilities in the foreseeable future.
Further analysis of the Simorgh 3 SLV and the new installation at Semnan can be viewed at jmr.janes.com and in the April edition of Jane's Missiles and Rockets .
IHS Jane’s is an IHS (NYSE: IHS) company.
IHS Jane’s Analyses Satellite Imagery of Construction of New Launch Site in Iran
This new site is four kilometres northeast of Iran’s existing launch facility at Semnan. The tower is 13 metres wide, approximately 20 metres tall, and has a cliff-side flame bucket nearly as high as the tower itself. It appears midway towards completion and will facilitate launch or engine testing once functional.
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