Israel’s Rampage Hypersonic Missile Strikes Iran: Analysis and Impact

2024-04-22 04:31:00

The “Rampage” air-to-ground hypersonic missile developed by Israel. Capturing the Israeli aerospace industry

Israel reportedly used a new self-developed hypersonic missile when it launched a retaliatory attack on mainland Iran on the 19th (local time).

The missile has a long range to avoid detection by the enemy and has the ability to strike targets with precision. So there is an analysis that Iran would not have been able to stop him.

On the 21st, the Times of Israel and the Jewish Post, citing Israeli public television channel Khan, reported that Israel used the “Rampage” air-to-ground missile to strike the Iranian mainland. Khan said he came to this conclusion following analyzing the damage and photos of the attack.

Rampage, first unveiled in 2018, measures 4.7m long and weighs 0.5 tonnes, and is designed to be launched by combat aircraft at a distance of 150km from the target. The weight of shells that can be loaded can be up to 150 kg.

Rampage is guided by a GPS system and can hit targets accurately even when launched from long distances. It is known to be difficult to detect and respond to as it flies at supersonic speeds.

This also agrees with the New York Times (NYT) report on the 20th that Israel used a weapon capable of bypassing Iran’s radar network.

The New York Times, citing two Western officials, reported that an Israeli warplane launched a missile with technology that might avoid detection by Iranian radars from outside Iranian airspace.

Iranian officials also told the New York Times that the military had not detected anything, including drones, missiles or fighter jets, that entered Iranian airspace during the Israeli attack on Isfahan , in central Israel.

Additionally, the BBC analyzed satellite images and revealed that the Israeli military appears to have destroyed a device believed to be the radar of the S-300 air defense system.

ABC News also cited a senior U.S. official explaining that an Israeli warplane fired three missiles outside Iranian territory targeting an air defense radar site used to protect Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility.

Britain’s Sky News reported that the Israeli army’s F-35 fighter jet was reportedly deployed near Iranian airspace for reconnaissance purposes, suggesting that the Israeli army might have launched the Rampage with an F-35.

However, even if the Israeli military did use Rampage, its range is only 150 km, so it cannot explain the fact that it fired the missile outside Iranian airspace towards Iran. Isfahan, in the central interior area. In other words, if Israel were to strike Isfahan with warplanes rather than drones, it would have to somehow infiltrate Iran.

In this regard, All Israel News, citing local media, speculated that Israeli warplanes appear to have infiltrated Iran by destroying each country’s air defense systems while crossing Syria’s airspace and Iraq, thus avoiding being shot down.

In fact, on the day of the Israeli airstrike on Iran, parts believed to be the remains of the Rampage were discovered in the area around Baghdad, Iraq, and reports also indicated that an air defense system had was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the south. Syria.

As a result, ABC News diagnosed that this attack was intended to send a signal to Iran that Israel has significant combat power, and the New York Times also stated: “It was an airstrike calculated to convey the message that Israel can circumvent and cripple Iran’s air defense system. » “He assessed it.

On the other hand, Reuters believes that it is unlikely that Israel actually mobilized fighter jets to attack Iran. It is emphasized that sending F-35s from Israel to Iran or launching missiles from Israel would have angered Arab countries by illegally crossing the airspace of neighboring countries.

In this regard, the Iranian side downplayed the Israeli attack, saying that the Israeli army attacked using “small drones” and managed to shoot them all down, without causing any damage or casualties.

Meanwhile, the Israeli government has not officially declared carrying out this attack. It has been five days since Israel launched a counterattack once morest Iran following receiving a large-scale airstrike on the 14th.

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