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The article is concluding that the Quds-1 is not an altered Soumar (which is the missile based on the KH-55) - the list of differences up to and including the s
by caf 7y ago
The article is concluding that the Quds-1 is not an altered Soumar (which is the missile based on the KH-55) - the list of differences up to and including the significantly smaller diameter and different engine make that unlikely.
Rather it is mentioned that TJ100-alike engines are used in Iran's drone program (as distinct from cruise missiles), and this raises the possibility that the Quds-1 is a derivative of one of those.
- rdtsc 7y agoBut the general design class is the same, it even confused the Saudis it was the same rocket. I guess I was trying to say is if it was designed from scratch with a piston engine it would look very different. But because there were already similar designs and models they had access to, it made sense to stick with that same general class of rockets.