Missile Shower System
TypeBallistic missile launcher
Place of origin Iran[1][2][3][4][5]
Service history
In serviceSince 2020
Used byIslamic Republic of Iran
Production history
DesignerIran (IRGC)
Designed4 November 2020 (unveiling)
ManufacturerIRGCAF
ProducedSince 2020

The Missile Shower System[6] (Persian: سامانه تیربار موشکی) is an automated, rail-mounted multiple ballistic missile launcher designed to enable a rapid barrage of medium range ballistic missiles (MRBMs) to be launched from Iran's underground missile silos. Each system has the ability to carry and fire five Emad precision-guided missiles with a range of 1700 km and maneuverable warheads as shown in the unveiling-ceremony. The system has been built by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and was unveiled on November 4, 2020.[7][8][9]]

Overview

Each system consists of a rail mounted wagon with the ability to vertically carry five missiles, the vertically-stowed missile "magazine" then brings the groups of missiles into their launch positions for rapid, consecutive launching from the underground silo.[10][11][12] This system is the first of its kind, and has no parallels anywhere else in the world in the missile arsenals of other countries.[13]

The Shower System offers several advantages compared to the conventional method of launching a single missile from a single silo at a time:

  1. In a total war scenario, especially fighting an enemy with air superiority (e.g. the U.S.), when underground silos can only launch missiles one at a time, they can only launch a few missiles before being detected and hit by a counter strike. The missile magazine system allows Iran to launch significantly more missiles before any likely retaliation.[11]
  2. It allows Iran to overwhelm enemy anti-ballistic missile defense systems with a rapid barrage of a large number of medium-range ballistic missiles.[10][11]
  3. Since the missiles on their individual platforms are ready to fire, there is no need to reload individual launchers using a crane or trans-loader, thus storing the missiles more efficiently and taking up less space at the site.[10][12]

A missile magazine-type base has been discovered to be under construction near Khorgo, Hormozgan Province.[14][15]

Unveiling

The Iranian "Missile Shower System" has been unveiled[8][9] on 4 November 2020 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Major General Hossein Salami. Salami said at the mentioned unveiling ceremony: "Our missile power guarantees the withdrawal of enemies (from the region)." He also added: our deterrent and defense capabilities provide Iran with great power which supports the country in demonstrating its political will and imposing it on the enemy if necessary.[13][16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The details of the operationalization of "ballistic missile fire" in the ground forces of the IRGC/Iranian artillery is ready to suppress the Patriot systems in the region
  2. ↑ Emad was placed in the "missile fire" magazine of the IRGC/unveiling of a special launcher for Iranian long-range ballistics
  3. ↑ "IRGC missile fire" was unveiled
  4. ↑ Unveiling of the IRGC's new aerospace missile system/barrage firing of long-range ballistic missiles
  5. ↑ The unveiling of a new advanced missile system by the IRGC
  6. ↑ "Iranian press review: IRGC sends a message to Biden with new missile launcher".
  7. ↑ IRGC unveils a new missile system bbc.com, Retrieved 6 November 2020
  8. 1 2 Iran unveils homemade ballistic missile launcher xinhuanet.com
  9. 1 2 Unveiling of the "Ballistic Missile Launcher" system aparat.com, Retrieved 6 November 2020
  10. 1 2 3 Newdick, Thomas (4 November 2020). "Iran Now Has Mobile Ballistic Missile Launching "Magazines" For Its Underground Bases". The Drive. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  11. 1 2 3 Hambling, David. "Iran Shows Off Rapid-Fire Underground Missile Base That Could Be Game-Changing". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  12. 1 2 "i24NEWS". www.i24news.tv. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  13. 1 2 IRGC Unveils New Ballistic Missile System radiofarda.com, Retrieved 6 November 2020
  14. ↑ Lieser, Ethen Kim (2021-03-18). "Satellite Images: Iran Constructs New Ballistic Missile Launch Positions". The National Interest. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  15. ↑ Lab, The Intel (2021-03-17). "Iran has built new ballistic missile launch positions, satellite images show". The Intel Lab. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  16. ↑ Iran unveils new missile launching system al-monitor.com, Retrieved 6 November 2020
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