Meshkat (missile)


The Meshkat is a medium-range cruise missile built by Iran.

Background

media quoted Iran's deputy defense minister on September 9, 2012, that a medium-range cruise missile will be revealed soon. The missile can be fired from ground, air and sea and will have a range of 2000 km.
On 2015 a long-range cruise missile was revealed under the name "Soumar " which possibly is the more matured type of Meshkat. The range of the missile was not mentioned. Haaretz newspaper claimed the design closely resembles the Kh-55 that Iran acquired from Ukraine in 2001. Because of the similarities media guess a range between 2000 and 3000 km for it.