Fattah-2

Iran's hypersonic-glide evolution of the Fattah-1 — a missile pairing a solid-fuel booster with a maneuvering, liquid-fuel hypersonic glide vehicle, which Tehran claims reaches Mach 15 over roughly 1,500 km to defeat layered missile defenses. Highly topical after the Israel–Iran exchanges, though its real-world performance is heavily disputed.

Overview

The Fattah-2 (فتاح-۲, "Conqueror-2") is an Iranian hypersonic missile project unveiled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in November 2023 as a successor to the Fattah-1. Where the Fattah-1 used a maneuvering re-entry vehicle, the Fattah-2 is presented as carrying a true hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) on top of a ballistic booster, for higher speed and a less predictable, harder-to-intercept flight path. Iran markets it as a weapon that can penetrate advanced air and missile defenses such as Israel's Arrow and the US Patriot/THAAD. Western analysts have been consistently skeptical — both of the system's maturity and of Iran's performance claims — and independent verification of its capabilities, and of Iranian assertions that it has been used in combat, is limited.

Development

The IRGC Aerospace Force publicly unveiled the Fattah-2 in November 2023, describing it as a hypersonic missile combining a solid-fuel boost stage with a liquid-fuel glide vehicle, per Wikipedia and Janes' reporting of the unveiling. From the outset, analysts questioned the program: writing for the FDD/Jerusalem Post, Seth Frantzman called it an "untested" showcase, and other analysts noted that even the Fattah-1 had not clearly proven itself operational and that "the missiles have not been proven and they are not likely ready for combat." Iran has continued to publicize the Fattah family as an advertised "ace" in its arsenal, and the weapon has remained in development rather than confirmed series production.

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