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Iran formally announces removal of 2,000km guided missile range cap
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Global security faces the prospect of a major upheaval after Iran’s military formally announced the removal of its 2,000-kilometre limit on guided missile ranges.
Key facts
- The decision opens the way for Iran to upgrade its arsenal to include intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM) and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), immediately bringing almost all European countries and strategic United
- Major General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), formally confirmed that the government in Tehran had scrapped its longstanding 2,000-kilometre restriction on guided missile ranges.
- Iran’s previous 2,000-kilometre range covered targets across 46 countries in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, Israel, parts of North Africa, including Egypt, and southern and eastern Europe.
- Removing the cap will extend the range to 2,500–3,000 kilometres or more, paving the way for “Soumar”
Summary
The decision opens the way for Iran to upgrade its arsenal to include intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM) and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), immediately bringing almost all European countries and strategic United States (US) bases in the Indian Ocean and South Asia within a “new radius of destruction”.
Major General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), formally confirmed that the government in Tehran had scrapped its longstanding 2,000-kilometre restriction on guided missile ranges.