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New Iranian two-stage solid
propellant missile "Sejil"
-- the renamed "Ashura" (Ghadr-110) --
Norbert Brügge,
Germany
Update: 11.02.2010
THERAN, 2007, Nov. 27 ---
Iran has built a new longer-range ballistic
missile named "Ashura" with a range of 2,000 kilometers
, the defense minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar
said.
TEHRAN, 2008, Nov. 12 --- Iran test fired
a new generation of ground-to-ground
missile, the defence minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar as said. "This is a two-stage
missile carrying two engines with combined solid fuel," Najjar said, adding that
the missile was named "Sejil".
THERAN, 2008, Nov. 18 --- Iran flew its new missile for the second time.
Iran's defense Minister Mustafa Najjer was sufficiently satisfied to release
impressive video footage showing what was clearly a previously unknown large
multistage ballistic missile roaring off a mobile launcher. In a series of interviews
after the test, Najjer stressed that the new "Ashura" missile is
renamed "Sejil", and had a range of more then 2,000
kilometers and that it was a two-stage design, powered by composite solid-propellant
rocket motors.
TEHRAN, 2009, May 20 --- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that
the country successfully launched an advanced surface-to-surface missile
Sejil-2 with a range of about 2,000 km, the official
IRNA news agency reported. The Sejil missiles use solid
fuel and perform in two stages.
TEHRAN, 2009, Dec. 16 --- Iran has successfully tested an optimized version
of the solid-fuel Sejjil-2 missile. This new version of the Sejil-2 is faster
during the powered flight portion of its trajectory and also during the re-entry
phase. It is also harder to detect for anti-missile systems, as it is covered
with anti-radar material. The new highly maneuverable missile is also more efficient
as it requires less amount of time for prelaunch preparations. The engine and
various fuels have been tested and the platform is now highly reliable.
Against
first conjectures is this new large Iranian two-stage solid propellant missile
"Sejil" not based on Chinese Dong Feng missiles DF-11 or DF-15
because the diameter is approximately 1.25 m and not 0.88 or 1.00 (1.10) m.
An affinity to the Chinese M-18 (Pakistani Shaheen-2) with a diameter of 1.40
m can not be recognized also. That means that the origin is unknown up to
now. It is reported that this missile was developed and produced under the
leadership of the Air and Space Organization Department of the Iranian Ministry
of Defense. However, by the diameter is to recognize a similarity to the Jericho-II
missile
(RSA-2 Arniston), which was a long time ago
developed by South Africa and Israel jointly.
Visible are four little boxes at the base of both stages of the rocket.
They contain probably high-pressure-gas or hydrazine. From these tanks the
filling is supplied to thrusters in the middle part of the first stage and
at low end of the second stage. The thrusters of the first stage are activates
during the beginning flight, to stabilize the rocket. The thrusters
of the second stage are activates with the intent of avoidance of a potentially
collision after separation from the first stage, before the second stage ignites. |
A military truck
carries a Sejil missile during the military parade
Tehran on September 22, 2009
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