Online news: During the two 12- and 40-day wars, Iran was able to resist Israel’s attacks with the power of missiles and drones, and in the second war against America and Israel. Missiles and drones that are products of Iran and were responsible for countering foreign attacks And they fulfilled their responsibility according to the mission.
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Unveiled in 1394
The Emad missile is one of Iran’s medium-range ballistic missiles, which was designed and built with the aim of increasing the accuracy of long-range missiles and improving the targeting power in the country’s missile program. This missile, which was unveiled by the Ministry of Defense in October 2014, was an important step forward compared to the previous generations of Iranian ballistic missiles. The main feature of Emad is having a steerable warhead, which allows you to control its path until it hits the target.
Emad is considered to be a family of Iran’s liquid fuel ballistic missiles, and the experience gained in the development of Shahab family missiles was used in its design. The most important difference between this missile and previous examples is in the structure of the warhead and the addition of the guidance and control system at the final stage of the flight; A feature that is intended to reduce hit errors and increase targeting accuracy.
Technical specifications and propulsion system
Imad is a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a declared range of about 1,700 kilometers, which uses liquid fuel propellant. This is a single-stage missile, and after the end of the propulsion phase, its warhead is separated from the body and continues its path towards the target.
The use of liquid fuel distinguishes Emad from rockets such as Sajil and Fatih family, which use solid fuel propellants. These two types of propellants have differences in terms of preparation and operational process. Liquid fuel rockets require different stages of preparation and refueling, but at the same time they provide the possibility to benefit from the experiences and technologies developed in previous generations.
With the declared range of 1700 km, Emad is in the category of medium-range ballistic missiles and has the possibility of covering a significant part of the West Asian region. Of course, the operational range of a missile depends on various factors such as warhead weight, flight conditions and other technical specifications.
In some domestic media reports, the weight of Emad’s warhead is stated to be around 700-750 kg. However, the Ministry of Defense did not publish detailed information about the weight of the missile and its warhead at the time of the unveiling.
guided warhead; The main feature of Emad
The most important technical feature of Emad missile is having a guided warhead. In conventional ballistic missiles, most of the flight path follows a predetermined path, and after the warhead is separated from the body, the possibility of changing its path is limited. In Emad, however, the use of the guidance and control system and the control surfaces built on the warhead provides the possibility of correcting the route in the final stage of the flight.
The control blocks that can be seen at the end of the warhead are among the prominent components of this missile. These parts play a role in controlling the position of the warhead and correcting its path, allowing it to make controlled changes in its path in the final stage of flight.
The importance of this feature is related to increasing the accuracy of hitting more than anything else. Emad’s development shows that in Iran’s missile program, in addition to increasing the range and destruction power, the issue of targeting accuracy has also become one of the design priorities.
In some internal reports, the error rate of hitting this missile is less than 10 meters. In technical terms, this figure is known as the radius of probable error or CEP.
From the first test to operational use
The first test of Emad missile was carried out on October 19, 2014. Hossein Dehghan, the Minister of Defense at the time, announced the successful test of this missile and emphasized that its design and construction was done by domestic experts. He also mentioned the ability to guide and control the warhead until it hits the target as one of the important features of this missile.
Emad’s test was widely reflected in the international media due to the timing of the implementation of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group and became one of the issues of dispute between Tehran and Western countries. However, the military significance of this test was more than anything related to the demonstration of a new capability in the design of Iran’s ballistic missile warheads.
In the following years, Emad became an important part of Iran’s operational missile program. In the Sadeq 4 operation, IRGC public relations announced the name of this missile in the list of weapons used in the announcements of several operational waves.
In general, Emad can be considered as one of the important steps in the process of developing Iran’s ballistic missiles. The importance of this missile is not only limited to its range, but having a guided warhead and the possibility of correcting the path in the final phase of the flight has made it one of the examples of the movement of Iran’s missile program towards increasing the accuracy of targeting.
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