• Blakey [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Yeah, not shocked. I don’t know literally anything about defense but just the concept of intercepting a hypersonic missiles seems ridiculous.

    Does Iran have their own, homegrown design or has it got some Chinese hypersonic missiles?

    • 秦始皇帝@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      They have the Fattah-1 and their were talks of possibly having bought CM-302(Export variant of YJ-12) supersonic anti-ship missiles. Haven’t heard anything about YJ-21 or equivalent trade yet.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      2 months ago

      As far as I know they have a range of homegrown ones. It’s possible they initially got tech transfers from China or Russia, but they do produce them domestically.

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        2 months ago

        Awesome and impressive to pull that off without being, well, China or Russia. Just a reminder of how much more America has bitten off this time!

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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          2 months ago

          Exactly, I get the impression that most people don’t realize how sophisticated Iran is technologically. They’re one of the few countries that can put stuff into orbit as well.