Iran unveiled Tuesday 'Fatah', the first hypersonic missile capable of evading "all anti-missile defenses." The weapon, whose name translated into English is "conqueror," has a range of 870 miles and is capable of traveling at Mach 5, the equivalent of fifteen times the speed of sound.
The missile was unveiled at an event in Tehran attended by the country's president, Ebrahim Raisi, and the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami:
The domestically-developed hypersonic missile "Fattah", #Iran IRGC's most recent achievement, was unveiled on Tuesday morning (June 6) in the presence of President Ebrahim Raisi. pic.twitter.com/wzwUTRR3ez
— IRNA News Agency (@IrnaEnglish) June 6, 2023
During the weapon's unveiling, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force, called 'Fatah' "a great leap" for the country's defensive capabilities:
The precision-guided Fattah hypersonic missile has a range of 1,400 km (870 milles) and it is capable of penetrating all defence shields. This new missile will pass through the enemy's advanced anti-missile systems and is a big generational leap in the field of missiles.
The general also stressed that the weapon is capable of circumventing U.S. weapons systems. "It can bypass the most advanced anti-ballistic missile systems of the United States and the Zionist regime, including Israel's Iron Dome," he said.
The announcement came in the midst of the country's ongoing tensions with the United States and Europe over Tehran's nuclear program. Both powers were against the development of the defensive missile program. However, the Islamic Republic, far from stopping its arms advances, assured that it will increase them in order to develop more 'Fatah'-like high-range missiles.
