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January 1, 2023
By Al Mayadeen English
The National Interest reveals the US military’s weakness in the field of hypersonic missiles.
The National Interest highlighted yesterday the weakness of the US in developing offensive hypersonic weapons, as well as in confronting them.
According to the outlet, the United States urgently needs to develop and deploy both offensive and defensive hypersonic weapons capabilities, because it is falling behind as China and Russia have both tested and deployed hypersonic missiles, while the United States is conducting its first successful hypersonic missile test in December 2022.
However, the US has not deployed any hypersonic weapons to date, and the existing US missile defense systems are not yet capable of shooting down adversaries’ hypersonic weapons, leaving the US highly vulnerable at this time, NI wrote.
It is noteworthy that Washington conducted three “failed” hypersonic missile tests in 2021, according to the “Defense News” website.
Hypersonic weapons are missiles or projectiles that travel at hypersonic speeds and are frequently highly maneuverable.
For decades, traditional ballistic missiles have been faster than the speed of sound, leaving the Earth’s atmosphere before returning, plummeting at terrifying speeds toward their targets in their terminal phase.
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Iran has built a hypersonic ballistic missile that can pierce advanced aerial defense shields and hit specific targets, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard [IRG] announced on Thursday.
“The missile has a great velocity and can maneuver both in and out of the Earth’s atmosphere,” Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the IRG Aerospace Division chief, told reporters.
“The new missile can pass through all missile defense systems, and I don’t think that the technology capable of intercepting it will be achieved in the decades to come. It can target the enemy’s anti-missile systems, and its production marks a huge generational leap in the development of a new generation of missiles,” Brigadier General Hajizadeh explained.
The hypersonic missile can fly at more than five times the speed of sound [at a rate of 3,800 mph]. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, hypersonic missiles are able to travel on complex trajectories that make them difficult to defend against.
The homegrown hypersonic missile is more advanced than Sejil.
Sejil is able to reach Tel Aviv in less than seven minutes if it is launched from Natanz. However, the hypersonic missile, which is much more advanced than Sejil, can reach Tel Aviv in less than four minutes from Iran’s western regions.
The news of the hypersonic missile broke out on the sidelines of a ceremony marking the memory of martyr Tehrani Moqaddam, who is recognized as the father of the Iranian missile program.
Tehrani Moqaddam was martyred on November 14, 2011. He and 16 others were martyred in an explosion at an IRG depot about 25 miles west of Tehran.
Talking to the Tasnim news agency on Friday, Hajizadeh said the hypersonic missile has been tested and will be unveiled in the future.
“In the future and in a proper time this hypersonic missile will be unveiled,” Hajizadeh remarked.
Meanwhile, Marina Miron, a research fellow from the Defense Studies Department at King’s College London, told Newsweek that “the problem is now the US is still struggling with its hypersonic missiles and now all of a sudden Iran has its first hypersonic missile—so that changes the balance of power.”
“To intercept a hypersonic missile, you would need special space satellites or a space sensor,” she said. “At this very stage, there is no defense against hypersonic missiles so it increases the threat to countries which are located within range.”
“It’s going to have some serious implications on the balance of power, not only in the Middle East but just generally in the world,” Miron added.
US War Department spokesperson for the Middle East region, Army Lieutenant Colonel Rob Lodewick, told Fox News Digital that the Pentagon is “well aware” of the reporting but claimed it remains “skeptical.”
“As always, we will refrain from disclosure of intelligence reporting and assessments on such sensitive topics,” he added. “We continue to closely monitor Iran’s development and proliferation of advanced missiles and associated technology.”
The announcement of the hypersonic ballistic missile by the IRG aerospace chief came just a few days after the long-range Sayad B4 missile production line was launched and the updated version of the Bavar-373 surface-to-air missile system was revealed by the Iranian Defense Ministry.
Speaking on November 6, Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said, “Bavar-373 system was initially capable of destroying targets at 200 kilometers, and now the upgraded system, aiming to attack targets at very long ranges, including ballistic missiles, fighter aircraft, and bombers can destroy targets at 300 kilometers.”
Brigadier General Ashtiani emphasized that many technologically sophisticated countries desire to own such a system and that it can engage and destroy up to six targets at once.
According to the report, the detection range of the Bavar-373 system’s radar rose from 350 to 450 kilometers, while its engagement range increased from 260 to 400 kilometers.
The report stated that the missile’s engagement altitude has grown from 27 to 32 kilometers, and its range has expanded from 200 to 300 kilometers.
Bavar-373 can engage stealth aircraft like the F-35 at long distances.
Also on November 5, the IRG Aerospace Force successfully launched the Qaem-100 satellite carrier. It uses a solid-propellant engine and can carry satellites weighing 80 kg into an orbit of 500 kilometers away from the Earth.
Iranian military specialists and technicians have made significant progress in recent years in manufacturing a wide spectrum of indigenous weaponry, allowing the armed forces to be quite self-sufficient in the armament industry.
Thursday, 10 November 2022
A high-ranking commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the country has developed a homegrown hypersonic ballistic missile which is capable of penetrating sophisticated aerial defense shields and striking designated targets.
“The missile has a high velocity and can maneuver both in and out of the Earth’s atmosphere,” Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division, told reporters on Thursday.
“The new missile can pass through all missile defense systems, and I don’t think that the technology capable of countering it will be achieved in the decades to come. It can target the enemy’s anti-missile systems, and its production marks a huge leap in the development of a new generation of missiles,” Hajizadeh pointed out.
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On Sunday, Iran’s Defense Ministry unveiled the upgraded version of the domestically-designed and manufactured Bavar-373 (Belief-373) surface-to-air missile system, and inaugurated the production line of the long-range Sayad B4 missile.
“Bavar-373 system was initially capable of destroying targets at 200 kilometers and now the upgraded system, aiming to attack targets at very long ranges, [including] ballistic missiles, fighter aircraft, and bombers can destroy targets at 300 kilometers,” Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani during the unveiling ceremony.
The missile system can engage up to six targets at a time and destroy them, he said, stressing that many technologically advanced countries aspire to possess such a system.
Iran unveils upgraded Bavar-373 missile system, launches Sayad B4 production line
The Bavar-373 system detection radar was said to have increased from 350 to 450 kilometers, and the range of its engagement range has risen from 260 to 400 kilometers, the report added.
It also noted that the missile range has gone from 200 to 300 kilometers, and its engagement altitude has increased from 27 to 32 kilometers.
The report also announced the launching of the Sayad B4 missile’s production line (pictured below), saying the long-range missile, running on solid propellant, was operationally evaluated for the first time.
The Bavar-373 system was formally unveiled during a ceremony attended by former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on August 22, 2019. It was reported at the time that the road-mobile system can detect targets or planes at more than 300 kilometers, lock them at about 250 kilometers, and destroy them at 200 kilometers.
Iran expands range of homegrown missile defense system, warns enemies of ‘harsh response’
Iran for the first time employed the homegrown Bavar-373 missile defense system during a joint air defense exercise, codenamed ‘Guardians of Velayat Sky-99’, in late October 2020.
Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made substantial headway in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.
Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its military capabilities, including its missile power, which are entirely meant for defense, saying the Islamic Republic’s defense capabilities will be never subject to negotiations.
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Iran has successfully developed the first national hypersonic ballistic missile that breaches the enemies’ aerial defense systems, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said on Thursday.
The commander unveiled that Iran now possesses a type of hypersonic ballistic missile that is capable of maneuvering inside and outside the atmosphere of Earth, ruling out the possibility of manufacturing a missile or a technique that intercepts this type over several decades.
The new ballistic missile targets the enemies’ anti-missile systems, and is considered a major leap in this generation of this type of missiles, Hajizadeh underlined.
“This new missile will pass all missile defense verification systems, and I don’t think there will be technologies capable of resisting it for decades,” the Aerospace Force chief was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency.
The military official stressed that the new missile is a solution for the destruction of the enemy’s anti-missile systems. The development of such weapons represents a big leap in the country’s missile production, he underlined.
Earlier on Wednesday, General Hajizadeh said the significant progress of Iran’s defense power has become a challenge for the country’s enemies.
Referring to Iran’s significant progress in the fields of military and security, Hajizadeh said, “We did not seek to advance our work with conventional competitions in the countries of the world. We found short-cut solutions and reached results that have become a challenge for our enemies.”
“This model and method are not specific to military work and if you use it in any field, you will achieve success,” he stressed.
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Bloomberg reported that “An American hypersonic missile test flight ended in a failure in Hawaii on Wednesday.”
The US military department offered few details of what happened, stating only that “an anomaly occurred following ignition of the test asset.”
“While the Department was unable to collect data on the entirety of the planned flight profile, the information gathered from this event will provide vital insights,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Lieutenant Commander Tim Gorman was quoted as saying by the news agency.
The botched test was part of the Conventional Prompt Strike [CPS] program, under which Lockheed Martin is trying to develop weapons capable of flying at speeds of Mach 5 and above, for the use of submarines and surface ships.
It suffered another setback in October 2021, when a booster rocket failed to deliver its hypersonic glide vehicle during a test at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska. The booster was not part of the weapon system, defense officials stressed at the time.
Despite the failure of both tests, the Pentagon said it remains confident that it is on track to field offensive hypersonic capabilities in the early 2020s.
The US has been struggling to keep up with China and Russia in the development of hypersonic weapons. There have been a number of successful tests under various American programs, but the country is yet to have a modern system in service.
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The intelligence service of the Donetsk People’s Republic have released the following map and claim that this is the Ukrainian plan of attack against the LDNR:
The Colonel Cassad website has posted a summary of what this plan includes.
Here is a machine translation of this text:
The secret service intelligence of the People’s Militia of the DPR has obtained a plan for a Ukrainian offensive operation against Independent Republics, which we announced earlier.
This plan of the AFU offensive operation in the Donbas was developed by the Ukrainian General Staff and approved by the decision of the NSDC in early February this year.
The purpose of the Ukrainian offensive operation is to “clean up” the territory of the People’s Republics from the Russian-speaking population, squeezing it into the territory of Russia, gaining control over the entire territory of the People’s Republics.
In accordance with the plan of the General Staff, almost all combat-ready formations and military units are involved in the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas. A strike group of Ukrainian troops has already been created for aggression.
Up to FIVE days are allocated for the operation.
According to the plan of the Ukrainian strategists, on the appointed D-Day, it is planned to destroy military and civilian objects on the territory of the DPR and LPR to a depth of 10-15 km by carrying out a massive fire attack by rocket and barrel artillery of the 26, 43 and 55 artillery brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, by striking aircraft, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The main targets for destruction are identified – command posts of the People’s Militia, civil administrations, critical infrastructure facilities of the Republics, energy and water supply, storage sites of heavy weapons defined by the Minsk Agreements.
The APU offensive is planned from three directions.
The direction of the main strike of the Ukrainian army is KRAMATORSK – DEBALTSEVE.
The strike is carried out by the forces of 30 mechanized, 17 tank and 95 airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of 26 artillery brigade. The immediate task is to reach the ALCHEVSK –YENAKIYEVO border within THREE days. The further task of the grouping is to reach the border of the Russian Federation within TWO days.
With the fulfillment of the immediate task, 81 airmobile and 25 airborne brigades are planned to enter the battle for the development of the offensive.
In the Azov direction, the forces of 53 mechanized and 36 marine brigades, from the Shirokino – STAROGNATOVKA line, as well as the 501 separate Marine infantry battalion from the area of NOVOAZOVSK, with the support of the 55 artillery brigade, are planned to advance in the direction of Komsomolsk and within TWO days reach the ILOVAYSK–ULYANOVSK line, thereby fulfilling the immediate task. Further develop the offensive along the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of Krasny Luch.
The units of the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine will operate in the second echelon of the operational tactical group “South”.
The Aidar battalion, operating in the area of responsibility of the 53rd brigade, has the task of preventing desertion among Ukrainian soldiers.
In the Luhansk direction, it is planned to conduct limited offensive operations by the forces of 57 motorized infantry and 24 mechanized brigades, with the support of 131 separate reconnaissance units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the NOVOTOSHKOVSKOYE – POPASNAYA line in the direction of the locality of ALCHEVSK. Having blocked the Lugansk-DEBALTSEVE highway “M-30”, the operational-tactical grouping “North” should develop an offensive into the depth of the defense of the LPR in order to reach the locality of KRASNY LUCH and connect with the grouping “South”.
During the fighting, it is planned to encircle and block large settlements of DONETSK, LUGANSK, Gorlovka and ALCHEVSK.
The units of the “Right Sector” stationed in the areas of the localities of STANITSA-Luganskaya and HAPPINESS should carry out disturbing fire on the positions of the NM, support the raid and sabotage actions of the 79 brigade.
Up to 25 mobile special purpose groups of the special operations forces “West” and “East” are dispersed along the entire line of combat contact in order to shackle transport highways near the line of combat contact, conduct terrorist acts and sabotage.
The “sleeping” cells of the SBU on the territory of the Republics should carry out sabotage on highways in the depths of the territory of the republics, the liquidation and abduction of individual officials from the leadership of the republics.
Boriz Rozhin (aka Colonel Cassad) added the following commentary:
The People’s Militia of the DPR is ready to repel aggression, all military units have been put on full alert and have begun to mobilize. Interaction with the command of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk Republic is constantly maintained.
The enemy’s plans will be smashed against the defense of the defenders of the Republics. In the case of Ukrainian aggression, enemy losses will exceed the scale of failed operations in 2014-2015.
My personal commentary would be this:
This plan lacks any kind of originality, except maybe the goofy ideas of using airborne, air-assault and even amphibious forces in a location where the Russian side will have very robust A2/AA means and air supremacy. The rest is simple: try to cut off the DNR from the LNR and the DNR from the Russian border. Characteristically, the Ukies will throw in everything they have from the get go. I don’t believe that anybody on the Ukronazi side seriously believes that this will work. However, this will guarantee a major bloodbath and unless the LDNR forces are capable of slowing down the Ukie attack to the point where it becomes obviously futile, this will force Russia to intervene. Considering that the Ukies do not seem to have planned for a defense in depth anywhere along the LOC and considering the relatively short LOC (about 200km) and compact nature of the Ukie concentration of forces, I would personally be very tempted to look into enveloping the entire Ukie force by a pincer movement of Russian forces from the northeast and from the south, especially if the LDNR forces succeed in “pinning down” the Ukie attack.
In the past wars we have seen tactical “cauldrons” – maybe this time we will see an operational one?
If successful, such an operational envelopment will basically disarm the bulk of the Ukie military. And since they love the Nazis so much, they will have the consolation to know that their end will be a “mini version” of what happened to the Nazis in Stalingrad.
Furthermore, there used to be a US military concept called FOFA (follow on forces attack) which instead of focusing on the attacking forces (at that time, the Soviet military) would focus on destroying 2nd echelon forces to prevent them from developing the 1st echelon attack and to disrupt the supply lines. Using such a FOFA would also create the conditions for an operational envelopment.
Also, I should mention that even if the Ukies did prepare some kind of defense in depth, which they really should have, then another option for the Russians would be to inject a tactical maneuver group (probably one specially configured and reinforced battalion tactical group) behind the Ukie attacking forces. That will create chaos in the Ukie disposition and force Ukie commanders to allocate forces to deal with this threat.
Conclusion: my money is on the LDNR holding the line or, at least, slowing down the Ukie offensive which is entirely predicated on a rather rapid penetration of the LDNR along one major, two secondary and one minor axes of attack. If the LDNR forces cannot hold the attack, then Russia will have to engage her CAS, artillery and missile attacks to assist the retreating LDNR forces. As for the Black Sea Fleet, it can offer both fire support and the option of an amphibious landing. Even the threat of an amphibious landing near Mariupol could paralyze the southernmost Ukronazi axis of attack. Finally, unless the Ukie attack is a quickly achieved and stunning success (the probability of which is close to zero), the Ukie morale will collapse as soon as their soldiers realize that 1) the tempo of advance has been stalled and 2) Ukronazis soldiers are dying in huge numbers (way more than in the first Ukie wars against the Donbass).
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On a different note, the glorious USA has inflicted a crushing defeat on the skating Snow Niggers from Mordor:
Oh sure, the Snow Niggers still got 3 out of 4 top positions, but at least the land of the free and the home of the brave made a 15 year old girl sob in disgust.
As the New York Post piously thanks God for this glorious victory, we can all appreciate the legendary sense of “Anglo fair play” and the “Olympic spirit”: maybe we don’t have what it takes to taken on their military, but we can still defeat a Snow Nigger on ice, that God for WADA and the IOC too!
And, in the meantime, here is a lesson in “democracy and freedom” by Trudeau’s goons:
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Jan 09 2022
By Al Mayadeen Net
An article on The Jerusalem Post by its intelligence analyst Yonah Jeremy Bob showcases Israeli concerns of DPRK hypersonic weapons being delivered to Iran.
North Korea’s latest missile test on Wednesday sparked concerns in “Israel” that the country’s hypersonic missile technology would find its way to Iran.
Since Israelis themselves weren’t able to independently confirm if this was indeed a hypersonic missile test, analysts have already begun to study the implications of the launch (the DPRK says it is indeed a hypersonic missile). Moreover, the timing of the launch, amid the ongoing Vienna Talks, has Israeli analysts fearing possible messages in support of Iran and against the US.
An article on The Jerusalem Post by Israeli intelligence analyst Yonah Jeremy Bob reveals that Israeli fears stem from the fact that ballistic missiles would be easier to shoot down if they were launched from Iran (although this becomes less true in the case of Lebanon).
However, hypersonic missiles are a different thing altogether, since they are “much faster and take a different flight path than a regular ballistic missile, flying part of its journey lower to the ground where it is harder to detect by radar and is also considered more maneuverable.”
“Put simply, a hypersonic missile is much harder to shoot down,” he adds.
Iran getting a transfer of hypersonic missile technology from the DPRK, aside from Israeli fears of Iran growing closer to nuclear weapons (which the latter has denied on multiple occasions), would elevate the ballistic missile threat posed by the Islamic Republic on the Israeli occupation.
As for the message the analyst thinks North Korea may be trying to deliver to Iran (other than the one it is delivering to the US), “Kim could be signaling to the Islamic Republic that it does not need to negotiate or play ball with the West.”
Though a lot of this is analytical guesswork, as not much is known about the test, the intelligence specialist says that whatever the answers, “none of them are good news for the US or Israel.”
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