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Sumar / Soumar

The air-launched Ya Ali LACM has a turbojet motor and can travel an estimated 700 kilometers (km). The ground-launched Soumar LACM, which has a turbofan motor, can allegedly can travel 2,500 km. The Soumar [Earthquake"] is apparently a substitute for the long-awaited Meshkat LACM, which Iranian officials had dubbed “the long-arm of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Sumar is a land that has been attacked with European-made weapons and by the Ba'ath army. The name of this missile is variously rendered as Soumar and Sumar, but the later spelling was used when the missile was first publicly revealed.

The Secretary of Defense and Armed Forces supported the Soumar earthquake missile 18 March 2015. Sardar General Hussein Dehghan briefed journalists on the event with reference to the Ministry of Defense's strategy for intelligent weaponry and equipment required by the armed forces and the provision of a new generation of advanced weapons. The SUMAR long-range cruise missile system was designed by the experts of the Department of Defense Aerospace Industries. The design and construction of this weapon, based on sophisticated and modern technologies in the areas of navigation, forward planning and construction, is a great step in enhancing the defense and deterrence capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Defense Minister said the mass delivery of long-range ballistic missiles and uprisings The aerospace force of the IRGC announced. He said that these missiles have the ability to destroy a wide range of targets, and given the high tactic capabilities, long-lasting battlefield and radarization capabilities can eliminate the goals in any circumstances.

He said that all of these missiles were designed and constructed by the efforts of well-trained and efficient Aerospace Industries Organization, adding: "Undoubtedly, these important achievements resulting from the research, innovation, development and production approach based on the need for armed forces As well as empowering the armed forces, is an effective step to increase its defense and effective deterrence.

According to Dehqan, Iran's "reason and rationale" adds to day-to-day defenses to provide national security and defense of its national resources. "No one is allowed in this direction. I thank the defense of the efforts and management of the jihad of the children of Rashid, the nation of the air." In the various industries of the Ministry of Defense, in particular the Aerospace Industry Department of the ministry, he congratulated these great achievements on the Supreme Command, the Armed Forces and the Noble Peoples of Iran.

The Babiyan said that the Somar land cruise missile had different characteristics from In terms of range and accuracy, he added: "The commander of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force said during the ceremony that the delivery of these missiles would be carried out naturally throughout the year several times, but the mass delivery of long-range ground-based missiles and magnitude uprisings, and the Sommar land-based cruise missile, sent a joint message from the IRGC and the Department of Defense to friends and it is the enemies that these large-scale actions are being taken by the powerful Iranian experts in light of the same bombing sanctions, which indicates that these sanctions have no effect on the defense process of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Sardar Hajizadeh added: "We are concerned with the defense. And ballistic missiles we do not negotiate with anyone..."

Major-General Firoozabadi, the head of the Armed Forces headquarters said: "The military model of the West is false and dangerous." Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, head of the armed forces, at the conference "Scientific Explanation of the Desirable Command from the Commander-in-Chief" from the Commander-in-Chief of the Imam Ali (AS), added: "Non-Westernization is an important word for 10 years of Imam and 25 years of the Supreme Leader The leadership emphasized it, but academic pamphlets and the thoughts of some professors are still Western.

He acknowledged virtuousness, intelligence and capability as three components of desirable command, and emphasized: unit's performance requires strong command and control. Also, Amir Ahmad Reza Purdastan, commander of the Army, said on the sidelines of the conference: "Iraq is considered the strategic depth of the Islamic Republic of Iran." Today, the Iraqi Army is a strong army, with its ground forces and its air force highly capable, so there is no need for foreign troops. The commander of the Army, arguing that Iran provides relief to Iraq, said about the pattern of command : "We must take a pattern taken from Islam and doctrine It is our goal to use the measures taken by the Supreme Commander in this regard".

It should be noted that the missile was produced on the basis of Russian KH55 cruise missile, which has a range of about 3000 kilometers. But given the probability that the turbofan engine can not be produced in Iran and the use of a turbojet engine in an Iranian sample with more fuel consumption, it is likely that the range of the Iranian sample is between 1800 and 2000 kilometers, not as large as the Russian model. However, the production of a cruise missile with a range above 1000 km in the Iranian missile industry in the production of powerful cruise missiles and a long range is a great jump.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) denied a report that Yemen's Houthi rebels fired a cruise missile towards its airspace. The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) said in a statement on 03 December 2017 that "the UAE's air defence system is capable of dealing with any threats". Authorities in the UAE told residents "not to pay attention to such rumours disseminated by media agencies issuing false news that question the UAE's capabilities, strength and security".

Houthi rebels, who control vast swaths of Yemeni territory, said they had launched a cruise missile towards a nuclear plant in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE. According to a report in the Houthi-run Saba news agency, the missile hit the Barakah nuclear power station, which is under construction. A website for the Houthi-owned television network al-Masirah also reported the attack. "The missile force announces the launching of a winged cruise missile ... towards al-Barakah nuclear reactor in Abu Dhabi," said a statement posted on both websites.

The Yemeni Houthi claimed it launched a 1600-kilometer cruise missile at the UAE's Barakah nuclear facility, which hit the target. The Saudi-backed media outlets claimed that the missile was probably the Iranian cruiser missile of Sumar. The missile popular committees of the country have targeted the atomic plant Barakah in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on 03 December 2017, according to Tabnak. According to the television channel, a winged cruise missile was been fired at the Abu Dhabi-based Barakah atomic plant.

Ansarallah affiliate of Yemeni military deputy Aziz Rasheed said the attacks on Yemen's military forces were "legal and legitimate" and said the attacks were in defense of Yemen against the continuing hostility of the Saudi coalition. He described the cruise missile as "a purely Yemeni achievement" and stated: "The Yemeni army has the power to produce such missiles ... The firing of the missile is based on a new military intelligence, with a total 1,600 km range".

According to a pro-Saudi media, the missile seen in the Houthi video is similar to the Somar cruise missile built in Iran. Images of the remnants of the missile include what is evidently the un-exploded warhead [the cylinder has pre-formed fragments] and inscriptions in Farsi.

Dozens of Abu Mahdi [complete name: "Shahid (Martyr) Abu-Mahdi al-Muhandis] cruise missiles were handed over to the naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Navy in Tehran on July 25, 2023, in the presence of the Navy's Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Hamzeh Ali Kaviani, Commander of the IRGC Navy Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, and Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani.

Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killed in a drone strike 03 January 2020. got the vast majority of the media attention. But several others were also killed in the attack, including militia leader Jamal Jaafar Ibrahimi, known widely by his nom de guerre Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. For years, Muhandis had been one of the most important military figures in Iraq, as the deputy commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces. It came just days after Hashd members and supporters attempted to storm the US embassy in Baghdad after the US launched air attacks against Kataib Hezbollah positions in Iraq and Syria. Al-Muhandis was among the crowds of PMF members and supporters that protested at the embassy. Known for his strong anti-US rhetoric during the US-led occupation of Iraq, al-Muhandis, 56, also built up close ties to Iran over decades.

He has history with basically every major network Iran had in Iraq. There was no stronger ideal of Iran’s influence in the country. He started his political life with the Dawa party, a Shia group that was crushed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the 1970s. Like others in the party, including the future Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, al-Muhandis fled abroad and joined forces with Iran. In the 1980s, he became commander of the Badr Corps, a unit of Iraqi fighters founded in Iran in opposition to then-president Hussein.

With a range of over 1,000 kilometers, the Abu Mahdi cruise missile is produced by the Aerospace Industries Organization of Iran’s Defense Ministry and is capable of destroying mobile naval targets and covering a wide range of operations while streaking at low altitudes to evade enemy radars.

The cruise missile is able to destroy all types of ships, frigates and destroyers thanks to its high destructive power and the explosives in its warhead. Abu Mahdi is the first long-range cruise missile that uses artificial intelligence to plan its flight path and has the ability to pass over natural and artificial obstacles as well as the enemy’s radar and defense systems.

Speaking at the ceremony, Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said the new missile will expand the area that can be protected by Iran’s defense systems several times compared to the past. “In line with the defense doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the improvement of its missile and defense power, we are witnessing today the joining ceremony of the long-range Abu Mahdi cruise [missile], which is a strategic system that we can call unparalleled,” he said.

Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the IRGC Navy, also addressed the ceremony, saying the cruise missile will in practice disable the enemy’s warplanes which are carried by aircraft carriers within the range of the missile. “One of the things that this missile can do is to repel the enemy, and it can drive the enemy away from our coasts,” he added.