Raad-500 (missile)


Raad-500 missile is an Iranian SRBM/Tactical ballistic missile which is equipped with a progressive composite engine that is dubbed as "Zohair ". Raad-500 means "Thunder 500", and it has been designed by half --weight-- in comparison with the previous Iranian missile, and its final range is 500 kilometers.

ٍEngine

This ballistic missile possesses an engine which has been made of carbon fiber composites, and makes the shield of its engine to be able to bear pressures up to one hundred bars.

Unveiling

Raad-500 missile was unveiled on 9 February 2020 --in Tehran-- by the attendance of "Hossein Salami", and likewise Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, Brigadier-General of Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.