The Noor ( fa, نور) is a long-range anti-ship

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manufactured by

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. The missile is in primary service with the

Iranian Navy , ''Daryādelān''"Seahearts" , patron = , motto = fa, راه ما، راه حسین است, ''Rāh-e ma, rāh-e hoseyn ast''"''Our Path, Is Hussain's Path''" , colors = ...

. The missile is a

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Chinese

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anti-ship missile.

History

Iran was the first export customer of Chinese

missiles. The contract was signed in 1995 but was cancelled due to U.S. pressure after 60 missiles had been delivered. After that, Iran started a program to reverse engineer the C-802. It is unknown when the programme was finished, but in 2000 and early 2001, Iran tested an upgraded C-802 missile during Unity-79 wargames. Officials said that the range of the missile is increased from . The missile is powered by Toloue-4, an Iranian version of the French

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engine. In January 2004, Iran announced that it has started manufacturing the DM-3B mono pulse radar for the Noor missile. According to Iranian officials, DM-3B is a millimeter-wave active radar used in the last stage of missile flight to find the target and home-in the missile on it. Because of its frequency, it is very hard to jam the radar, which is located inside the nosecone. In 2006, it was announced that the missile's range has been increased further to . In 2011, another variant called Qader was unveiled by Iran with a range of and the ability to attack coastal targets. A video of the missile hitting its coastal target was published by the Iranian media. In early 2012, during Velayete-90 wargames, a Noor missile was tested with improvements in electronic systems, a more jam-resistant radar and better target acquisition algorithms. A Qader missile was also tested in the wargame. On 10 May 2020, the

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was struck by a Noor missile which was fired from the in the

Gulf of Oman The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا� ...

close to the

Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz ( fa, تنگه هرمز ''Tangeh-ye Hormoz'' ar, مَضيق هُرمُز ''Maḍīq Hurmuz'') is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the ...

, killing 19 of its crew and severely damaging the ship.

Variants

*Basic Noor: Initial reverse-engineered missile with a range of . *Noor Phase 2: Improved version with range. *Noor Phase 3: Further increased the range to . *Noor Phase 4: Better electronics and computer algorithms. * Qader: An upgraded version with the range of . *Noor Export Version: A version with the range of .

Operators

* * - 25 ordered in 2006 along with 6

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fast attack craft. 10 delivered between 2009 and 2010. *

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History

Variants

Operators

See also

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