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Time of India
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Iran Fires Deadliest Multi-Warhead Ghadr-H At Israel; ‘Monster Missile' Used For First Time In War
/ Jun 24, 2025, 06:31AM IST Iran debuted its next-generation multi-warhead Ghadr-H missile in a massive retaliatory strike against Israel, marking a major escalation in Operation True Promise III. The IRGC said the advanced Kheibar-class missile was used alongside Emad, Fattah-1, and Kheibar Shekan to target key Israeli military and power infrastructure.
India.com
22-06-2025
- Politics
- India.com
This missile of Iran is extremely lethal, can beat Iron Dome, S-400 with its hypersonic..., Israel in tension because...
This missile of Iran is extremely lethal, can beat Iron Dome, S-400 with its hypersonic…, Israel in tension because… Tehran: The ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel further escalated on Saturday when the United States entered it, attacking crucial nuclear sites in Iran. US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that American bombers had attacked Iranian nuclear sites, pushing the superpower into Israel's war with its archrival Iran. 'A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime—Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan,' Trump said in a speech from the White House. As per a report by NBC News citing defence officials, A few days earlier, Iran had used its most deadly missile against Israel. The Middle East country has used its hypersonic missile named Fattah-1, which pierced all powerful air defence systems and unleashed hell on Tel Aviv. However, this is not the first time Tehran has used hypersonic missiles against Israel. The Middle Eastern country used several Fattah-1 missiles on Israel during its Operation True Promise II in October last year. Fateh-1 Hypersonic Missile Hypersonic missiles are highly advanced weapons and capable of maneuvering at hypersonic speeds within Earth's atmosphere, significantly hindering detection and interception, making it almost impossible to tract and intercept. Hypersonic missiles travel at a speed of Mach 5, five times the speed of sound which is about 6,100 kmph. The Fattah-1 is Iran's first hypersonic missile which was first unveiled in 2023. It was named by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The missile is designed to pierce even the most advanced missile defence systems such as Arrow and Iron Dome. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps termed it as the 'Israel-striker'. Fattah missile is known for its accuracy and speed. The speed of Fateh-1 is approx 16000-18500 kmph. Its strike range is up to 1400 km.
India.com
22-06-2025
- Politics
- India.com
Ballistic Missiles to Iron Dome: Which country has largest stockpile of weapons?
Ballistic Missiles to Iron Dome: Which country has largest stockpile of weapons? Tel Aviv: The conflict between Iran and Israel is escalating every day, with no peace talks or mediation from other countries seeming to be effective. Both countries have now opened almost all options of attack, with Tehran attacking Tel Aviv with its dangerous hypersonic missile, Fattah-1. This is not the first time that Iran has used its hypersonic missile against Israel. In 2024, the Middle Eastern country launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles under 'Operation True Promise II', targeting Israeli military bases and Mossad's headquarters. Israel also retaliated with airstrikes, missiles, and suicide drone attacks. Let us tell you which of the two countries has the largest and most dangerous stockpile of weapons. Iran-Israel War: Which Country Has The Largest Stockpile Of Weapons? Before comparing which country has the largest stockpile of weapons, let's compare the two countries first. Talking about Iran, it has a huge team of armed forces Revolutionary Guard and cyber force. The Middle East country has as many as six lakh soldiers in the active force and two lakhs in its revolutionary force. The Iranian air force has as many as 551 aircraft, including 186 fighter jets and 129 helicopters. Iran army has 1996 tanks, 65,765 armoured vehicles, and 775 MLRS. As far as naval power is concerned, the Iranian Navy has seven frigates, three corvettes, three submarines, and 19 patrol ships. Iran also has powerful ballistic missiles like Shahab, Fateh-110, Zulfiqar, Khorramshahr and even the hypersonic missile Fattah. On the other hand, Israel, as a small country, lacks active soldiers. It has only 170,000 active soldiers. If we talk about military aircraft, the country has as many as 612 military aircraft, out of which 241 are fighter aircraft. The country is also behind Iran in terms of tanks. It has about 1370 tanks. However, it is ahead in the number of submarines, as it has 5 submarines. Israel also beats Iran in terms of naval patrol ships. It has 45 patrol ships as compared to Iran's 19 patrol ships. Who Is Ahead Of Whom? While Israel possesses a smaller military than its unnamed counterpart, its technological superiority and advanced weaponry, including F-35 stealth fighters and highly skilled pilots, make it a global military power. Both nations, however, are militarily significant in their own right.
Economic Times
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
Chernobyl-like nuclear warnings, Fattah missile strikes, and an ‘Islamic Bomb' have left the Middle East on edge
TIL Creatives Representative AI Image In the first week of open war, Israeli air and missile strikes have inflicted heavy damage on Iran's nuclear infrastructure and reportedly wiped out several senior military commanders. The strikes targeted key sites including Natanz and Isfahan. Although Israel initially said it had bombed Bushehr, it later retracted the claim. Iran has responded with a massive barrage of 370 ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones. According to the Israeli government, these have killed 24 civilians and injured nearly 600 people. Among the targets hit was the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting another damaged site in Bat Yam, said, "Iran will pay a very heavy price for the premeditated murder of civilians, women and children." Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed that the military has been ordered to "intensify strikes on strategic-related targets in Tehran" to dismantle what he called the "Ayatollah regime". Netanyahu added that these attacks might result in the toppling of Iran's Minister Gideon Saar, however, clarified that "regime change" was not currently the cabinet's official response has included the deployment of multiple missile systems, including the Emad, Qadr-110, Haj Qassem, and the Fattah-1 and Fattah-2 hypersonic-capable missiles. The Iranian Embassy in India said, "The twelfth wave of Operation 'True Promise 3' has begun with the launch of ultra-heavy, long-range, two-stage Sejjil missiles." "Sejjil missiles, powered by solid fuel and with long-range capabilities, are among Iran's most accurate and powerful strategic weapons. They possess the ability to penetrate and destroy critical enemy targets," it added in a post on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) first unveiled the Fattah-1 in 2023. It has a range of 1,400 km and is designed to travel both inside and beyond Earth's atmosphere. Iranian media have called it their first true hypersonic not everyone agrees. Yehoshua Kalisky, senior researcher at the Israeli think tank INSS, stated, "Israel is able to intercept more than 95% of the missiles because speed is not crucial. What is important is the manoeuvrability of the incoming missiles, and so far the manoeuvrability of these missiles is limited." Also Read: Camera lens behind Israel–Iran conflict: How Iran's missiles are finding their mark What has truly alarmed global security analysts is the nuclear rhetoric coming from General Mohsen Rezaei of the IRGC said on state television, "Pakistan has told us that if Israel uses nuclear missiles, we will also attack it with nuclear weapons." He claimed that Pakistan had promised to "stand behind Iran" and urged Muslim unity against Israel. "We may reach a point where we take major actions that will destabilise the entire region," he Sayyad, spokesperson for the Iranian armed forces, added: "Warnings for you in the coming days: Leave the occupied territories, because, certainly, they won't be inhabitable in the future! Taking shelter underground will not bring safety to the Israelis."Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif echoed those sentiments in parliament, calling on all Muslim nations to unite. "Israel has targeted Iran, Yemen, and Palestine. If Muslim nations don't unite now, each will face the same fate," he concept of an "Islamic Bomb" is decades old. Pakistani leaders Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Zia ul-Haq floated the idea in the 1970s. In 1979, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin even warned British PM Margaret Thatcher about this potential threat. And in 2003, nuclear components were seized en route to Libya from Pakistan. AQ Khan, father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, later confessed to proliferating nuclear technology to both Libya and Iran. Also Read: Israel-Iran War: Can Trump bomb Iran without asking? Capitol Hill says no, invokes War Powers Act The question of whether Israel will respond with nuclear weapons now looms over the conflict. According to SIPRI, Israel possesses around 90 nuclear has long opposed nuclear agreements with Iran, insisting Tehran can't be trusted. Now, amid Iranian missile strikes, speculation grows that Israel could use the nuclear analyst and Indian Air Force veteran Vijainder K Thakur wrote on X: "Both Trump and Netanyahu are clear that if Iran doesn't back down, they will use nuclear weapons."Some analysts suggest that Israel may be letting some missiles through its Iron Dome to justify extreme retaliation. But such a move would need American approval — and that seems unlikely. It would also mean formally acknowledging Israel's nuclear status and could deepen its diplomatic isolation. Also Read: Inside Israel's midnight blitz which took aim at Iran's nuclear arsenal: 60 jets, 100 bombs, and a nuclear target in flames US President Donald Trump, a key ally of Netanyahu, has oscillated between diplomacy and threats. "Nobody knows what I'll do," he said recently. He also speculated online about killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, before demanding Tehran's "unconditional surrender."Meanwhile, fears of wider conflict continue to grow. Russia has warned that any Israeli attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant could cause a "Chornobyl-style catastrophe" in the Gulf. Also Read: Is it a dragon? Iran's mysterious hypersonic Fattah missile, flying at 15 times the speed of sound, goes viral Iran insists it has used hypersonic missiles against Israel, but global experts remain unconvinced. Hypersonic weapons travel at speeds above Mach 5, but speed alone isn't enough. "This is a hugely complicated task. The Iranians don't have the capacity to manufacture them," said Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute. "Radar can see a missile on a ballistic curve because it's above the radar horizon. If it's a hypersonic glide vehicle, it can fly lower and hills get in the way," he has claimed to use the Fattah-1. Still, Kalisky says, "The Fattah 1 has had minimal success. Iran has two fast and manoeuvrable missiles — Khorramshahr and Fattah 2 — that would be more difficult to intercept. But neither have been deployed."The Israel-Iran conflict comes at a time when fears of nuclear proliferation are already on the rise. Russia, North Korea, and even Pakistan are believed to be expanding or modernising their nuclear capabilities.A 2022 SIPRI report warned that the world is entering a new nuclear arms race. This war may just be the spark that turns a regional conflict into a global advanced weapons, shifting alliances, and nuclear threats flying across the airwaves, the stakes have never been higher.
IOL News
20-06-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
Israel, Iran Conflict: Peace is a Fantasy When Faced With a War Machine Addicted to Dominance
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men inspect the damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025. Iran unleashed a barrage of missile strikes on Israeli cities early on June 16, after Israel struck military targets deep inside Iran, with both sides threatening further devastation. Image: JOHN WESSELS / AFP) Dr. Reneva Fourie Israel has gone completely rogue, making it the greatest threat to world peace. Having all but obliterated Gaza, it is now turning its aggression towards the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran is defiantly responding with its Iron Dome penetrating Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles. Defiance is a characteristic of most in West Asia. Its people have paid dearly for daring to assert their political independence, safeguard their resources, and give their support to Palestine. The cost has been staggering: millions of lives lost – victims of Western-instigated wars cloaked in the language of human rights, democracy, and counterterrorism. Over the past few months, that same machinery of destruction has intensified its focus on Gaza. Israel, the United States' key proxy in the region, has unleashed devastation on a shocking scale. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been massacred with impunity. It began when Hamas, the governing party of Gaza and a key component of the Palestinian liberation movement, launched an attack in response to Israel's decades of repression. What followed was not proportional 'defence'. It was genocide. Civilians – mostly women and children – were annihilated or buried under rubble. Survivors were starved and denied clean water. Humanitarian aid was blocked, hospitals were bombed, and neighbourhoods were razed. While the world fixated on hostages taken by Hamas – many of whom were later killed by Israel's indiscriminate bombings – the real humanitarian catastrophe was being ignored. Israel detained thousands, including children, and subjected them to systematic torture and sexual violence as it continued its military rampage, emboldened by unconditional US and European support. International outcry, court rulings by the ICJ, and arrest warrants from the ICC were brushed aside. Nothing could stop the West's killing spree; not law, not diplomacy, not conscience. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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Together with the US and Turkey, Israel facilitated regime change in Syria, deposing the elected Ba'ath Party in favour of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an extremist outfit with little public legitimacy. Hezbollah, an unwavering defender of Palestine, saw key members of its leadership wiped out and much of southern Lebanon reduced to rubble under Israeli bombs. And then there is Yemen. When Ansar Allah declared solidarity with the Palestinians, their resistance was met with significant military force. The US, unashamedly, used its might to pummel one of the poorest nations in the world. At the heart of Western aggression lies Iran – a country that has shown enormous restraint in the face of years of provocation, assassination, and sabotage. Its military and political leaders have been murdered, not on battlefields, but in targeted killings. Its scientists – brilliant minds working to advance nuclear energy for peaceful medical and industrial purposes – have been gunned down simply for daring to dream of self-sufficiency. A Palestinian man carries a wounded child in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip after the area was targeted by an Israeli strike, on June 17, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Image: Eyad BABA / AFP Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology is not a prelude to war. It is an assertion of dignity. Its nuclear programme powers homes, fuels hospitals, and propels research in oncology and aerospace fields. Yet that progress has become a threat to the West, not because of its military potential, but because it symbolises independence, ingenuity, and resilience. Washington cannot tolerate a West Asian power that surpasses it in science or dares to challenge its monopoly on influence. It is conveniently ignoring the reality of Iran's nuclear programme, elevating its military capability above civilian use. Ironically, the US, as well as Israel, apartheid South Africa and others, produced significant nuclear military capability during the Cold War era. Although Israel has not confirmed or denied having nuclear weapons, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that Israel possessed 90 nuclear warheads in 2024. However, some analysts suggest a maximum of 300 warheads using the estimated amounts of fissile material. Furthermore, Israel possesses three types of delivery systems for military use of nuclear weapons: F-15 aircraft, ground-based missile installations, and German Dolphin I and II class submarines. While democratic South Africa willingly signed and complied with treaties containing prohibitions on participating in nuclear weapon activities, Israel and the US are escaping accountability. In 2024, it was estimated that the US had 1,770 active nuclear warheads, 1,938 stored as reserves, and 1,336 that were retired and pending dismantlement. It is the US that reneged on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on nuclear programmes with Iran, and it is the US that betrayed the current nuclear negotiation efforts. History is being repeated. The US plays a double game – stalling negotiations while equipping Israel with the intelligence, weapons, and diplomatic cover to strike Iranian assets. Just as the US and allied forces invaded Iraq in 2003 on the pretext of disarming its non-existing weapons of mass destruction, Israel launched an unprovoked missile attack on Iran on 13 June. International law is failing. It has become a selective tool, weaponised against the weak and ignored by the powerful. The principles of sovereignty, justice, and human rights lie in tatters as the US-Israel-Europe axis champions their compulsive fixation on warfare, dominance, and aggression. Reason no longer applies. Appeals to humanity fall on deaf ears. The corpses of children, the wails of mothers, and the ruins of ancient cities are met with silence, or worse, justification. Iran, like many in the Global South, has drawn its conclusions. Civilians died. Hundreds were wounded. Iran responded with precision – as allowed under international law – but was met with more indiscriminate Israeli bombing. Once again, innocent lives are the collateral damage. As the US-Israel-Europe axis enforces the logic of war, Iran has accepted reality. The only way to avoid destruction and the blatant move towards regime change is to resist. Diplomacy is worthless when the other side bargains in bad faith. Peace is a fantasy when faced with a war machine addicted to dominance. Iran has no choice but to mobilise its full military capacity. The fire that was ignited in Ukraine has now expanded to West Asia. A new front has opened, and Iran will not fight it with half-measures. This moment is a wake-up call for the Muslim world and, indeed, for all oppressed countries and for the anti-imperialist peoples of the world. As Ayatollah Khamenei warned, 'The Zionist regime won't bring security for any government.' Those states collaborating with Israel in hopes of American favour are deluding themselves. The West respects no ally; it respects only obedience. You are discarded or destroyed when you cease serving their interests. The solution lies not in appeasement but in self-reliance. The only protection against bullying is economic, military, and cultural strength. Domestic manufacturing must rise. Regional alliances with proven partners must be deepened. Nations that have weathered sanctions, sabotage, and siege understand the value of loyalty. Those are the partnerships worth investing in. The people of West Asia deserve peace. They deserve to preserve their history, teach their children without fear of bombs, and build a future rooted in dignity and sovereignty. But peace cannot come from pleading with aggressors. Sometimes, unfortunately, it must be sought through force. I share a poem written by Gail Van Breda in honour of my son, Sebastian, who died in a motorbike accident in Simonstown on 4 June. I, in turn, dedicate it to the people of West Asia. Let us not crash, too many deaths. How can we breathe, when breath ended for our loved ones. Let us not crash, too many voices gone silent, all at one time Let us not to crash, because how much more can this body take. We have to absorb so much. Let us not crash, because the living must now adjust to this new reality Let us not crash, let us not fall apart, How do we keep all together to grieve, loud or in silence. Let us not crash, where is our hope, what can we hold on to, what would make this time of mourning better, how are we expected to get through this! Let us not crash, maybe join hands, to keep this life together Let us not crash, let us not fall apart Because this life is teaching us how to die. We have been dying. The walking dead. Let us not crash, because we know, this life is not forever Cry, feel, let us not crash Let us find comfort. But I don't know from where, because nothing makes sense. Death, you remind us of the dualism of life. Death and life. In our lived experiences, we cannot even live. Everyone is in a fight for survival. And when death opens its coffin, we die again. We are always dying. Our children, our parents, our loved ones, dying Let us not crash, because how much more must this body, this physical earth life experience take. * Dr Reneva Fourie is a policy analyst specialising in governance, development and security. ** The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of IOL, Independent Media or The African.
