Iran Unveils Its Newest Hypersonic Missile – Media

• Iran Unveils Its Newest Hypersonic Missile – Media
  by https://www.rt.com/
  Tehran’s ballistic weapon reportedly makes use of a technology possessed by very few nations
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  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled the nation’s cutting-edge hypersonic missile at a ceremony in Tehran attended by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, local media reported.
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  The missile was presented at the Ashura Aerospace Science and Technology University during an exhibition showcasing the Islamic Republic’s advancements in aerospace tech, and comes months after Tehran unveiled its first hypersonic missile in June. According to the IRNA news agency, the Fattah-2 missile is equipped with a hypersonic glider warhead that places it “in the HGV… class of hypersonic weapons.”
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  Iranian media reported that the Islamic Republic had become only the fourth nation in the world to make use of such technology. A hypersonic glide vehicle, or HGV, is a type of warhead that allows a rocket to maneuver and glide at hypersonic speeds. It is usually mounted on ballistic missiles and can significantly change flight trajectory after launch, which makes it a much more challenging target to detect for an enemy’s missile defense system than a typical warhead traveling in a more predictable arc trajectory. 
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