Ghadr-110
Ghadr ballistic missile (8 March 2016)
TypeMRBM
Place of originIran
Service history
Used byIran
Production history
ManufacturerIran
Specifications
WarheadOne
EngineFirst stage liquid,
Second stage solid
Operational
range
1,800–2,000 km[1]
Maximum speed Mach 9[citation needed]
Guidance
system
Inertial guidance, Global Positioning System
Accuracy110 m CEP

The Ghadr-110 or Qadr-110, (Persian: قدر-110, meaning "intensity") is a medium-range ballistic missile designed and developed by Iran. The missile has a range of 1,800 km[2] to 2,000 km.[1] The Iranian Armed Forces first displayed the missile to the public at an annual military parade to mark the Iran–Iraq War.

The Ghadr-110 is an improved version of the Shahab-3A, also known as the Ghadr-101. It is believed to have a liquid-fuel first stage and a solid-fuel second stage, which allows it to have a range of 1,500 km (930 mi).[1] It is suggested that the Ghadr-101 and Ghadr-110 will provide Iran ASAT and IRBM capability.[3]

The Qadr missile was unveiled for the first time in an annual parade on the occasion of the anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war. This missile is produced in three types: "Qadr S" with a range of 1,350 km, "Qadr H" with a range of 1,650 km and "Qadr F" with a range of 1,950 km. The Qadr-110 series of missiles carry a warhead weighing from 650kg to 1000 kg which the Qadr F carries. It also has a length of 15.5 to 16.58 meters with an overall weight of 15 to 17.48 tons, where the base model is two tons heavier compared to the Shahab-3.[4]

The Ghadr-110 has a higher maneuverability and a shorter set-up time than the Shahab-3; its set-up time is 30 minutes while the older Shahab-3 has a set-up time of several hours. The missile has been manufactured entirely in Iran at the top-secret Hemmat Missile Industries Complex.[5]

On November 21, 2015 and January 29, 2017, Iran reportedly carried out launches of the Ghadr-110. The United States viewed this as a violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 which "calls upon" Iran to not work on any ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, including launching them.[6] Russia's ambassador to the UN disputed this, saying "a call is different from a ban, so legally you cannot violate a call, you can comply with a call or you can ignore the call, but you cannot violate a call".[7] Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, responded by saying that since Iran does not possess nuclear weapons nor does it ever intend to have them, it does not design its missiles to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads,[8] a statement which was questioned in light of the apparent Iranian nuclear archive discovery.[9] However, Senior Fellow for Missile Defence at the IISS Michael Elleman noted that bomb design presented by Benjamin Netanyahu would fit in Iran's pre-2004 Nodong/Shahab-3 nosecone, but not any of the post-2004 missiles, including Ghadr-110 missile.[10]

On November 6, 2023, a Ghadr-110 missile was launched from Yemen by the Houthis towards Israel, which was intercepted by the Arrow-2 system while it was still outside of Earth's atmosphere, in what was described as the first instance of combat in space in human history.[11]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Fars News Agency Archived February 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Iranian President Defies West At Military Parade". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
  3. ^ Vick, Charles P. "Samen". GlobalSecurity. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  4. ^ ایکس, آسمان (2021-05-02). "موشک قدر F موشکی دقیق و نقطه زن". آسمان ایکس (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  5. ^ "Emad, Ghadr (Shahab-3 Variants)". Missile Threat.
  6. ^ "Iran sends defiant signal to the West with missile test". The Daily Telegraph. Dec 9, 2015.
  7. ^ "U.S. Vows to push for U.N. Action on Iran despite Russian opposition". Reuters. 14 March 2016.
  8. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Resolving crisis in the Middle East: an Iranian perspective". YouTube.
  9. ^ "Israel Says Secret Files Detail Iran's Nuclear Subterfuge". The New York Times. 2018-04-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  10. ^ @EllemanIISS (April 30, 2018). "So the 2003 bomb design presented by Bibi fits in Iran's pre-2004 Nodong/Shahab-3 nosecone, but not any of the post…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "In a first, Israel shoots down a ballistic missile in space". 5 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Little and large missile surprises in Sanaa and Tehran".
  13. ^ Fabian Hinz [@fab_hinz] (September 21, 2023). "High resolution photograph of the Houthis' Toufan missile. Leaves very little doubt that this is indeed a Ghadr delivered from Iran" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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