Iran announces development of first hypersonic ballistic missile

This was reported in Bloomberg with reference to the state news agency of the Islamic Republic.

It is noted that Iran has produced its first hypersonic ballistic missile. According to the commander of IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, Iranian missiles are allegedly capable of bypassing the latest air defense systems.

According to him, the maximum speed of a hypersonic missile is Mach 5 (about 6 thousand kilometers per hour).

The statement of the commander of the IRGC was made against the background of information that recently appeared about the transfer of short-range ballistic missiles by Iran to the Russian army.