| Shahab-2 |
| Type |
Tactical SRBM |
| Service history |
| In service |
1990–present |
| Used by |
Iran |
| Production history |
| Manufacturer |
Iran |
| Specifications |
| Weight |
6,370-6,500 kg |
| Length |
11.37–12.29 m |
| Diameter |
0.885 m |
|
| Warhead |
One |
|
| Engine |
Liquid
|
Operational
range |
750 km |
The Shahab-2 (Arabic and adopted in Persian: شهاب-۲, meaning "Meteor-2") is the successor to the Iranian Shahab-1 missile. The missile itself is a variant of the Scud-C, built from 1990 with the assistance of North Korea. North Korea also aided Iran in converting a missile maintenance facility into an assembly plant for the Scud-Cs[citation needed].
The missile has a CEP of 50 m, and capable of striking targets in Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, and depending on launch area, possibly Israel.
On November 2, 2006, Iran fired unarmed missiles to begin 10 days of military simulations. Iranian state television reported "dozens of missiles were fired including Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 missiles. The missiles had ranges from 300 km to up to 2,000 km...Iranian experts have made some changes to Shahab-3 missiles installing cluster warheads in them with the capacity to carry 1,400 bombs." These launches come after some United States-led military exercises in the Persian Gulf on October 30, 2006, meant to train for blocking the transport of weapons of mass destruction [1].
Variants
Shahab is the name of a class of Iranian missiles, service time of 1988-present, which comes in six variants: Shahab-1, Shahab-2, Shahab-3, Shahab-4, Shahab-5, Shahab-6.
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