The Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر), named after the city of

Khorramshahr Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ''Al-Muhammerah'') is a city and capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 170,976, in ...

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, is a

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that was tested by Iran in January 2017. Its range is between 1,000–2000 km with a 1,800 kg warhead and is 13 m in length.

Overview

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stated that it is the Iranian version of

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, but even NATO members

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, if fired from Western Iran.

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Commander of the Aerospace Division, Brigadier General

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stated that the Iranian variant “has become smaller in size and more tactical,” which may explain the missile's decreased range. A second theory asserts that Iranian officials do not want to raise concern in Europe about their missile program, and thus are purposely underestimating the range. The

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's Michael Elleman said that Iran today likely has the capability to go beyond the original range of 1,000-2,000 kilometers with its Khorramshahr ballistic missile, though it chose to limit its range by putting a heavier warhead on it in testing. Due to the heavy payload, it has potential to carry nuclear warheads, but it is uncertain whether it can carry

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due to their size. The gas output from these rockets, range, warheads and rocket launchers are different. In Khorramshahr missile there is some small separated gas output from the big one in the center to control the missile without wings. The gas output model of the Khorramshahr missile is more like the

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, the commander of Aerospace Force of the IRGC, said that Khorramshahr is a missile with multiple-warhead capability.

History

The Khorramshahr was first reportedly test-fired on 29 January 2017, flying about 950 km before exploding and again tested as of August 2020 with a small re-entry vehicle (RV) that extends its range and possibly its accuracy.

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