After the war with Israel: Iran reveals upgrade for next confrontation

Iran has revealed an upgrade to its missile arsenal following the war with Israel. Revolutionary Guards spokesman Mojabi claims the missiles have been upgraded to include guidance and trajectory-changing capabilities, allowing in-flight corrections and improved accuracy. The announcement lacks further technical details. Experts assess this may involve maneuvering reentry vehicles (MaRV), as seen in the Fattah-1 missile, but there is no official confirmation. The capability is intended to complicate defense systems.

Iran has revealed an upgrade to its missile arsenal following the war with Israel. Revolutionary Guards spokesman Mojabi claims the missiles have been upgraded to include guidance and trajectory-changing capabilities, allowing them to make in-flight corrections toward their targets. According to him, the capability is intended to improve accuracy and complicate defense systems. The Iranian announcement did not provide further technical details about the system, the types of missiles equipped with it, or how the guidance is performed. These remarks add to previous statements by Mojabi about upgrading the missile arsenal. Last month, he told the Tasnim news agency that the armed forces had used the ceasefire period to increase their capabilities, accelerate missile production, and improve accuracy. The current statement aims to present the war as a source of technological lessons for Iran. Experts assess that this may involve maneuvering reentry vehicles (MaRV), which allow the warhead to deviate from a ballistic trajectory and make course corrections in the final stages of flight. A prominent example is the Fattah-1 missile, which has an additional solid-fuel motor with a movable nozzle. Other missiles, such as Khorramshahr-4, are also equipped with similar capabilities. However, there is no public information proving that Iran has developed a completely new capability of continuous guidance throughout the entire flight path.