{"id":26261,"date":"2020-08-20T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T12:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/20\/amid-tensions-with-us-iran-introduces-two-new-missiles-named-for-leaders-killed-in-airstrike\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:40:12","slug":"amid-tensions-with-us-iran-introduces-two-new-missiles-named-for-leaders-killed-in-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/08\/20\/amid-tensions-with-us-iran-introduces-two-new-missiles-named-for-leaders-killed-in-airstrike\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid tensions with US, Iran introduces two new missiles named for leaders killed in airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEHRAN, Iran (AP) \u2014 Iran has unveiled two new missiles amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/05\/14\/tensions-with-iran-and-its-proxies-led-to-accelerated-transfer-of-bases-housing-coalition-troops-to-iraqi-forces\/\" target=_blank>heightened tensions<\/a> between Iran and the United States, according to Iran\u2019s state TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State TV said officials unveiled the two new missiles on Thursday \u2014 National Defense Industry Day in Iran. They are named after top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed outside Baghdad\u2019s international airport in a U.S. strike in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/what-war-with-iran-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19098471996944.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with Iran could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. This is what they said could happen:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cMartyr Hajj Qassem\u201d surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) range, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. State TV said the \u201cMartyr Abu Mahdi\u201d naval cruise missile has a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those ranges, if accurate, would be able to strike U.S. bases across the Middle East, Iran already possess that capability with longer-range missiles but these offer a mid-range option between that nation\u2019s existing arsenal that can also reach Israel as well as Sunni Arab nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1204\" height=\"1621\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IranMissileMap2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IranMissileMap2.jpg.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IranMissileMap2.jpg.jpg?resize=223,300 223w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IranMissileMap2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,1034 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IranMissileMap2.jpg.jpg?resize=761,1024 761w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IranMissileMap2.jpg.jpg?resize=1141,1536 1141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1204px) 100vw, 1204px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian ballistic missiles have been already been used in conflict with the U.S..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/04\/21\/american-troops-had-only-hours-to-react-to-iranian-ballistic-missile-attack-heres-what-they-did\/\" target=_blank>More than 100 U.S. service members<\/a> stationed on two Iraqi airbases at al-Asad and Erbil were treated for traumatic brain injury after an Iranian ballistic missile barrage in response to the killing of Soleimani and al-Muhandis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State TV said the \u201cMartyr Hajj Qassem\u201d missile was not intercepted by a defense 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