The deal collapsed after former US president Donald Trump pulled Washington out in violation of the agreement. Although ‘enemies’ in the Iranian context is generally believed to mean Israel, the long-running proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia has also drawn increasing attention due to recent comments by Iranian federal ministers.Īnd while few details are known about the Iranian missile, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi was among those concerned by the increasing deployment of cutting-edge weapons, although he did note that he does not see an overlap between Iran developing such missiles and its controversial nuclear programme, or multilateral negotiations related to reviving the Iran nuclear deal. The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps aerospace unit was quoted by Iranian media as saying the indigenous hypersonic weapons is meant to target “enemy anti-missile systems” and will be unstoppable for decades to come. Iran calls these claims “completely false”, and says that Iranian-made drones being used by Russia were delivered before the war in Ukraine began. Part of the concern is because of international media claims that Iran was about to send missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine. Only a handful of countries have even begun developing hypersonic weapons, and only the US, China and Russia have developed usable weapons in their arsenals, although India and a few other allies of the US and Russia do have some usable weapons in their arsenals. Hypersonic missiles are mostly similar to traditional ballistic missiles, with the key difference being that they can fly at over five times the speed of sound, which is significantly faster than anything in most countries’ defensive arsenals, making them almost impossible to shoot down. Top Iranian officials are claiming that the country has developed a hypersonic missile, raising eyebrows across the world.
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