Iran's Military Capabilities
Ballistic Missiles and Drone Programme
Iran has developed one of the largest and most diverse missile arsenals in the Middle East, largely through indigenous production. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC-ASF) operates the missile programme, which includes short-range, medium-range, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, as well as cruise missiles and an extensive fleet of drones (UAVs). Iran's missile doctrine emphasises mass saturation attacks to overwhelm enemy air defences.
- Iran's ballistic missile range: estimated up to 2,000 km (Khorramshahr/Shahab-3 variants)
- Iran has not signed the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) — which seeks to limit proliferation of missiles capable of delivering WMDs
- Key missile systems: Shahab-3, Fateh-110, Emad, Dezful, Khorramshahr (Kheibar Shekan)
- Drone programme: Shahed-136 (one-way attack drone), Mohajer series, Ababil — widely used in the current conflict and previously supplied to Russia for use in Ukraine
- UNSC Resolution 2231 (2015): endorsed the JCPOA and placed restrictions on Iranian missile activities, though Iran disputed these as non-binding
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