Speaking at a televised program on Friday night, IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the new cruise missile has a range of 1,650 kilometers, (1025 miles) named ‘Paveh’, the ranking commander said. Paveh, which has gone into operation recently, is named in remembrance of the Iranian forces martyred in the Kurdistan province.
“Our cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km has been added to the missile arsenal of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Amirali Hajizadeh, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps aerospace force according to the Reuters news agency.
The television broadcast what it said was the first footage showing the new Paveh cruise missile, showing the missile launch, then flying low over terrain before hitting a target.
Iran can strike American warships within a radius of 2,000 kilometers, (1242 miles) the general stated, noting that the US’ superiority has been shaken after Iran developed its new hypersonic missile, which can maneuver outside the Earth’s atmosphere and defeat all anti-missile defense systems. The Iranian hypersonic missile has a speed of over Mach 12, he added.
The commander also said that the IRGC has managed to reduce the weight of its long-range missiles to one-fourth, increase the efficiency of their warheads by ten times, and reduce the preparation time to one-sixth.
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