Nasir ( fa, نصیر) is an
Iranian
Iranian may refer to:
* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
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naval
cruise missile
A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial or naval targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhe ...
, which was fired during a major naval exercise called "Welayat-95" in southern waters of Iran.
[Iran's newest cruise missile named "Nasir" fired]
nasimonline.ir. Retrieved 6 July 2020 This cruise missile is manufactured by the
Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran). According to the (former) minister of defense (of Iran), among its features are:
Having high readiness and reaction speed, low flight altitude, high accuracy in navigation and hitting targets, the high ability of this missile to destroy targets, having high anti-jamming ability due to its advanced radar, and so on.
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Unveiling
Nasir which is said to be the newest Iranians naval cruise missile, was formally unveiled on 15 April 2017 during the survey of Iran's president from the exhibition of the achievements of the Ministry of Defense on 22 April 2017, and it was handed over in bulk to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
on May 2, 2017.Massive delivery of the new anti-ship cruise missile "Nasir" to the IRGC Navy + videos and pictures
nasimonline.ir. Retrieved 6 July 2020
See also
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List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
In recent years, the Iranian government states that it has self-sufficiency in essential military hardware and defense systems.
Tehran established an arms development program during the Iran–Iraq War to counter the weapons embargo imposed on ...
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Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
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Noor (missile)
The Noor ( fa, نور) is a long-range anti-ship cruise missile manufactured by Iran. The missile is in primary service with the Iranian Navy. The missile is a reverse engineered Chinese C-802 anti-ship missile.
History
Iran was the first e ...
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Nasr-e Basir
Nasr-e Basir ( fa, نصر بصیر, "Clear Victory") is an Iranian Indigenous Smart Low-observable anti-ship cruise missile unveiled on 24 August 2014 in a defense exhibition in Tehran along with Ghadir missile, Karrar-4 MALE UAV and Mohajer- ...
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Nasr-1
The Nasr-1 ( fa, نصر-۱) is an Iranian anti-ship cruise missile. According to its export catalog, it can destroy 1,500-tonne targets such as small frigates. Nasr-1 missile can be launched from both inland bases and offshore military vessel ...
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Qader (missile)
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Meshkat (missile) The Meshkat (Persian language, Persian: مشکات, meaning "Lantern") is a medium-range cruise missile built by Iran.
The missile can be fired from ground, air and sea and will have a range of 2000 km.
On 2015 a long-range cruise missile was ...
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Ghadir (missile)
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Post–Cold War weapons of Iran
Military equipment of Iran
Anti-ship missiles of Iran
Cruise missiles of Iran