Zafar is an anti-ship cruise missile developed 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 ...

. In response to the United States arms embargo of 1992, Iran turned toward domestically engineered- and produced-weapon systems. The Zafar (Triumph) cruise missile is the result of those efforts. Built to operate in an active

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environment, it is placed in box canisters which may be mounted on shore-based missile launchers or the small, high speed craft used by the navy of Iran. The Defense Ministry developed the missile. It was revealed to be in

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in February 2012, having its first successful test fire in April 2011. Iranian television reported that the missile "is a short-range, anti-ship cruise missile capable of destroying small- and medium-sized targets with high precision." It has an active radar homing system and maximum range of 25 km.

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{{reflist Anti-ship missiles of Iran Cruise missiles of Iran Guided missiles of Iran Anti-ship cruise missiles of Iran Military equipment introduced in the 2010s