Iranian Missile Technology

AMRAAMs have barely any smoke at all, maybe it's similar.

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>>32874086
Good observation, solids make a lot of smoke. So does Kerosene/LOX, not that you'd use that for a missile...

That looks like it's probably burning some hypergolic liquid propellant. Here is a Titan 2 for comparison.

The advantage of these propellants is they are storable (although dangerous).

>>32874086
>>32874137
Specifically, N2O4 and some version of hydrazine would be my guess.

>>32874150
IRFNA instead of N2O4 is more likely I think

They must be using feces.

They've been at this for decades and the missile test of a basic reverse-engineered north korean scud failed

>>32874387
Yeah, you might be right. The colors of the exhaust seem to match.
>>32874884
Iranians are literally Aryan. Working out rocketry is easily within their potential.

>>32874897
They can "we wuz" all they want, they're still stupid sand niggers now.

Iran gets all of its rocket technology from the North Koreans, itself simplistic and derived from 1950s Sino-Soviet designs, and it's still vastly inferior.

The Pakistani's have the most sophisticated missiles of any islamic nation, and Israel puts both them to shame. They've had reliable ICBMs for 2 decades now.

>>32874931
Iranians are not sand niggers you stupid little shit, they are Aryans with a sand nigger religion that represses them socially. 1950s soviet designs are more than adequate. They're trying to lob shit into space, not land a man on the moon.

This rocket still isn't a practical weapon though. Their hypergolic liquid fuel is technically storable, but it's nasty shit that needs to be babied. There's a reason sensible nations use solid fuel for missiles.

>>32875023
>This rocket still isn't a practical weapon though.
And by this I mean, when you hear people kvetching about Iran testing this thing, tell them to get bent. This is not a credible threat to Israel, they need to stop crying wolf every time Iran has a fireworks display.

>>32874931
You're underestimating the technological levels of North Korean ballistic missile technology. Within the space of a few decades they've developed advanced ballistic missile technology with a homegrown industrial effort, considering how impoverished they are if anything it is impressive.

You're not also giving weight to the Iranian Military research and development capability, which is substantial. The Iranians modified and produced their own scud variants when they got into the first ballistic missile strategic campaign in history in the Iran-Iraq war.

It's not even 1950's designs, they're more comparable to soviet/western 1980's technology

>>32875062
They are a credible threat, especially the more robust Iranian ballistic missiles, especially with a chemical payload.

>>32875316
It's not remotely comparable to 1980s tech. The R-12 missiles the Soviets stationed on Cuba in 1962 were most sophisticated than the Nodong-1 or the Iranian copy that was just tested.

North Korean missile technology atm is where the US and USSR were in the early 1960s, the Iranians are a less sophisticated version of that.

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>>32874086
>Photoshopped 'alternative news' perhaps?

US response has been too great for it to be a photoshop.

>>32874137
>>32874150
>>32874387
>That looks like it's probably burning some hypergolic liquid propellant
>IRFNA instead of N2O4 is more likely I think

Yup. A modern solid boosted ICBM would look like pic. This looks like a reverse-engineered Kosmos-3M. It also burns IRFNA/Hydrazine and was mass produced, so good chance of Iranians being able to get their hands on one.

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos-3M

Do note that the Iranian missile has a similar 'pencil cone' nose which suggests that it has been modified for proper reentry already.

Overall Iranians have made incredible progress given all the sanctions and restraints placed on them. However, they are nowhere near to making a solid-based ICBM with fast reaction times. Maybe 15 years. Israel or US might strike before then.

The biggest risk right now is that China or India sell them a reference model of one of theirs in exchange for a favorable hydrocarbons deal. China in particular has already sold a few of their Ballistic Missiles to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. A breakdown of US leadership would make this possible.