Iran Executed Its Farthest Ballistic Missile Strike Ever With New Weapon
Iran unleashed its Kheiber Shekan medium range ballistic missile on a target in Syria, demonstrating it can reach Israel.
BY:HOWARD ALTMAN
PUBLISHED JAN 16, 2024

伊朗使用新型弹道导弹进行了其有史以来最远距离的打击——
伊朗向叙利亚目标发射了“堡垒破坏者”中程弹道导弹,表明该导弹射程足以覆盖以色列
作者:霍华德奥特曼
发布时间: 2024 年 1 月 16 日

Iran used its new Kheiber Shekan medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) for the first time Monday when it struck what it claimed was a "terrorist facility" in Syria’s Idlib province. The attack was one of three Iran carried out in three countries over the past two days. Iran also attacked what it claimed was an Israeli Mossad facility in Erbil on Monday and what it claimed were "terrorist" sites in an unprecedented attack in Pakistan on Tuesday. While they all seem to have had their own obxtives, they clearly serve as a timely demonstration of Iran's ability to execute precision ballistic missile strikes close to and far beyond its borders.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF) launched four Kheiber Shekan MRBMs from its facility in the southern parts of Iran’s Khuzestan Province on Monday, said Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, according to the official Iranian Tasnim news agency. That’s a distance of about 800 miles.
The strike is considered the longest ever by an Iranian ballistic missile.

伊朗周一首次使用了它的新型“堡垒破坏者”中程弹道导弹,对其宣称的位于叙利亚伊德利卜省的“恐怖分子基地”进行了打击。这次打击是过去两天里伊朗向三个国家发动的三起打击行动之一。伊朗周一还袭击了其声称的位于埃尔比勒的以色列摩萨德的基地,并于周二在巴基斯坦境内发动了史无前例的打击行动,并声称打击的是“恐怖主义”基地。虽然这些攻击行动的目标似乎各有不同,但它们显然及时证明了伊朗拥有在其边境附近以及远离边境的地点实施弹道导弹精确打击的能力。
据伊朗官方塔斯尼姆通讯社报道,伊斯兰革命卫队航空兵指挥官阿米尔·阿里·哈吉扎德准将宣布,伊斯兰革命卫队航空兵周一从其位于伊朗胡齐斯坦省南部的基地发射了四枚“堡垒破坏者”中程弹道导弹,打击距离约为 800 英里(约合1287公里)。
这次袭击被认为是伊朗弹道导弹有史以来距离最远的一次打击。

The IRGC-AF also launched four other missiles from its Kermanshah facility and seven missiles from the West Azarbaijan Province at Erbil on Monday, Hajizadeh said. He added that they were targeting “the base of Zionists in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq” though Iraqi officials dispute that assertion. Hajizadeh did not specify what kind of missiles were fired in those attacks. Kermanshah is about 200 miles from Erbil and West Azarbaijan Province about 100 miles.
Iraq meanwhile filed a complaint against Iran at the U.N. Security Council.
Monday’s attacks were significant for several reasons, Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) think tank, told The War Zone.
“There were two historic firsts,” said Taleblu, an expert in Iranian missile technology. “It was the first military use of the Kheibar Shekan MRBM and it was the first time Iran targeted two territories in two different nations in the same operation.” It was also the first launch from the IRGC-AF base in Khuzestan Province since the Iraq-Iran war, he added.

哈吉扎德说,伊斯兰革命卫队空军周一还从其位于克尔曼沙赫省的基地发射了另外四枚导弹,并从位于埃尔比勒的西阿塞拜疆省发射了七枚导弹。他补充说,这些导弹的目标是“位于伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区属于犹太复国主义者的基地”,尽管伊拉克官员对这一说法提出了异议。哈吉扎德没有说明在这些行动中发射了哪种导弹的具体型号。埃尔比勒克尔曼距沙赫省约200英里,距西阿塞拜疆省约100英里。
与此同时,伊拉克向联合国安理会提出了针对伊朗的控告。
“捍卫民主基金会”智库(注:美国与CIA存在密切关系的智库)高级研究员贝纳姆·本·塔勒布卢向“战区”网站表示,由于几个原因,伊朗周一发动的打击行动具有重大的意义。
“这次行动有两个历史性的首次,”塔勒布卢,这位伊朗导弹技术方面的专家说。“这是“堡垒破坏者”中程弹道导弹的首次投入军事行动,也是伊朗首次在同一行动中针对两个不同国家的领土。” 他补充说,这还是自两伊战争以来伊斯兰革命卫队首次利用胡齐斯坦省的空军基地发射导弹。


The Iranian strike on Idlib was the first missile attack launched from the IRGC-AF facility in Khuzestan Province since the Iran-Iraq war. (Google Earth image)

伊朗对伊德利卜的袭击是两伊战争以来伊斯兰革命卫队首次利用胡齐斯坦省的空军基地发射导弹



以色列领土大部都在“堡垒破坏者”的射程范围内

The Kheibar Shekan is a two-stage, solid-propellant, truck-launched MRBM that Iran first unveiled on Feb. 9, 2022. A third generation of the Fateh family of ballistic missiles, Iran claims it has a maximum range of 1,450 kilometers (900 miles).
“Dubbed the ‘Breaker of Kheibar, in reference to early Muslim conquests of a Jewish castle in Arabia, the Kheibar Shekan is Iran’s second attempt at producing an MRBM from the Fateh- family (with the Shahid Haj Qassem being the first),” Talebu wrote in a February 2023 monograph. “With a reported range of 1,450 kilometers and a separating warhead, the Kheibar Shekan is Iran’s most advanced solid-propellant system outside the Sejjil, which was Iran’s first solid-propellant MRBM.”
During its unveiling, Hajizadeh said the weight of the new missile has been reduced by a third and it is six times quicker to launch, without identifying the type he was comparing it against, Jane's reported at the time. "He also said the missile is highly maneuverable in its terminal phase and that its warhead uses an explosive that is far more powerful than TNT."
He did not specify the weight of the warhead or which explosive. It is unknown what type of guidance system the weapon has but inertial navigation with embedded GPS is a given.

“堡垒破坏者”是一种两级构型、固体推进剂、车载机动发射的中程弹道导弹,伊朗于 2022 年 2 月 9 日首次披露了它。伊朗声称它是“征服者”系列弹道导弹的第三代,最大射程为 1450 公里(约900英里)。
塔勒布卢在其2023年2月发表的专题中写道。““堡垒破坏者”的命名来自于早期穆斯林征服阿拉伯地区的犹太城堡,它是伊朗第二次尝试以“征服者”导弹家族发展中程弹道导弹,“烈士沙希德·卡西姆”是第一次尝试(译注:即遭美军暗杀的卡西姆.苏莱曼尼)”, “据报道,“堡垒破坏者”的射程达1450 公里,配有分离式弹头,是伊朗除“泥石”导弹之外最先进的固发导弹,它也是伊朗第一种固发中程弹道导弹。”
据简氏当时的报道,哈吉扎德准将在揭幕仪式上表示,新导弹的重量减轻了三分之一,发射速度提高了六倍,但没有透露他用于比较的导弹型号。“他还表示,该导弹在其末端阶段具有高度机动性,其弹头使用的炸药威力远大于普通TNT炸药。”
他没有具体说明弹头质量或装药类型,也没有披露该导弹的制导系统采用的是何种类型,但可以肯定的是,它采用的是带有全球定位系统修正的惯性导航制导方式。


The Kheiber Shekan medium range ballistic missile and its transporter erector launcher (TEL) vehicle. (YouTube screencap)

“堡垒破坏者”中程弹道导弹及其运输起竖发射车


The launch of a Kheiber Skekan medium range ballistic missile. (Twitter screencap)

“堡垒破坏者”中程弹道导弹的发射瞬间

Taleblu said Iran served several purposes in launching the Kheiber Shekans.
They were testing the range of the missile while at the same time serving notice on Israel that it could hit targets there, he said. Iran was also sending a reminder that it remains an active participant in the ongoing conflict in Syria.
In addition to attacking targets in Iraq and Syria, "two key strongholds of the Jaysh al-Dhulm (Jeysh al-Adl) terrorist group in Pakistan" were struck on Tuesday, Tasnim reported. The sites "have been obliterated through precision missile and drone strikes."
The focal point of this operation "was the region known as Kouh-Sabz (green mountain) in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, recognized as one of the largest hubs for the Jeysh al-Dhulm militants," Tasnim reported. Jaish al Adl has previously mounted attacks on Iranian security forces in the border area with Pakistan.
The publication did not specify what types of drones or missiles were used in the attack. Nor did it say who carried out the attack, but Press TV, the English-language arm of Iranian state television, attributed the attack to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, according to The Associated Press.


塔勒布卢表示,伊朗发射“堡垒破坏者”型导弹显然有如下几个目的,他们正在测试导弹的射程,同时向以色列表明,它的射程足以覆盖其国土内的目标。伊朗还想提醒所有人,它仍然是叙利亚持续冲突的积极参与者。
塔斯尼姆通讯社还宣布,除了对伊拉克和叙利亚的目标进行打击外,还于周二对位于巴基斯坦境内的“正义军”恐怖组织的两个重要据点进行了打击。这些地点“已被精确导弹和无人机攻击摧毁”。(译注:“正义军”成立于2012年,主要在伊朗东南部与巴基斯坦接壤的地区活动,其主要成员为俾路支族,政治目标为争取伊朗和巴基斯坦交界地区的俾路支斯坦独立,伊巴两国都将其列为恐怖主义组织。)
该通讯社报道称,这次打击行动的焦点是“位于巴基斯坦俾路支省一处被称为绿山的地区,该地区被认为是“正义军”武装分子最大的中心之一” 。“正义军”此前曾在与巴基斯坦接壤的边境地区向伊朗安全部队发动过袭击。
该通讯社没有具体说明打击中使用了哪些类型的无人机或导弹,也没有说明由谁实施了这次打击。但据美联社报道,伊朗国家电视台的英语频道Press TV宣布这次打击由伊斯兰革命卫队实施。

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Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Ministry also blamed Iran, issuing a sharp rebuke of the attacks it said killed two children and injured three others.
“Pakistan strongly condemns the unprovoked violation of its airspace by Iran which resulted in death of two innocent children while injuring three girls,” the statement read. “This violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty is completely unacceptable and can have serious consequences.”
While it is unclear what missiles Iran used to attack Pakistan, there is no mistaking that it has developed a large arsenal of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
The potential of Iranian-made ballistic missiles to cause significant destruction is in little doubt, with multiple instances of them having been employed in combat. In the last couple of years, such incidents have included the January 2020 attack against Al Asad Air Base in Iraq, which made use of a Qiam series short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), and the March 2022 attack on Erbil in Iraq, which used Fateh-110 SRBMs. These weapons hit very hard with an impressive degree of accuracy.
We do not know what, if any response nuclear-armed Pakistan will take yet. Clearly though, three Iranian missile attacks in three different countries over two days serve as a glaring deterrant and raises tensions in a regional already roiling over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Houthi attacks on shipping and Iranian-backed militia attacks on U.S. facilities in Iraq and Syria.
We will continue to monitor this situation and upxe when warranted.

巴基斯坦外交部也就袭击事件对伊朗进行了严厉谴责,称袭击造成了两名儿童死亡、三人受伤。
巴基斯坦声明称:“巴基斯坦强烈谴责伊朗无端侵犯其领空,导致两名无辜儿童死亡、三名女孩受伤。”,“这种侵犯巴基斯坦主权的行为是完全不可接受的,可能会产生严重后果。”
虽然尚不清楚伊朗使用什么导弹来攻击巴基斯坦,但毫无疑问,它已经开发了大量的短程和中程弹道导弹。
毫无疑问,伊朗制造的弹道导弹具有造成重大破坏的潜力,在过去几年里,许多此类导弹已被用于实战。此类事件包括 2020年1月使用“起义”系列短程弹道导弹对美军驻伊拉克阿萨德空军基地发动的攻击,以及 2022年3月对伊拉克埃尔比勒发动的攻击,这些行动中使用了“起义”和“征服者-110”系列短程弹道导弹。这些武器表现出了强大的威力,而且其精确度给人留下了深刻的印象。
我们还不知道拥有核武器的巴基斯坦是否会做出反应。但很明显,两天内伊朗对三个不同国家发动的三次导弹打击起到了明显的威慑效果,并加剧了该地区的紧张局势,该地区已经因正在进行的以色列-哈马斯战争、胡塞对航运的袭击以及亲伊朗的民兵组织持续袭击美国在伊拉克和叙利亚基地而动荡不安。
我们将继续监控这一情况并在必要时进行更新。

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