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Raad-500
Type SRBM
Place of origin Iran
Specifications
Mass 1750 kg

Engine Zohair
Operational
range
500 km
Maximum speed 8 Mach
Accuracy 10 m

Raad-500 missile (Persian: موشک رعد ۵۰۰) is an Iranian SRBM[1]/Tactical ballistic missile[2] which is equipped with a progressive composite engine that is dubbed as "Zohair (Persian:زهیر)". Raad-500 means "Thunder 500", and it has been designed by half --weight-- in comparison with the previous Iranian missile (Fateh-110) whose body was made from metal; whereas the range of this new Iranian ballistic missile increased two hundred kilometers more than Fateh-110),[3] and its final range is 500 kilometers.[4]

Engine[]

This ballistic missile[5][6] possesses an engine which has been made of carbon fiber composites, and makes the engine shield able to bear pressures up[7] to one hundred bars.[8][9]

Unveiling[]

Raad-500 missile was unveiled on 9 February 2020 in Tehran by the attendance of IRGC's Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami, and likewise Brigader General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, commander of Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[10][11][12]

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