Iran unveils missile it claims can travel 900 miles – enough to hit US bases Iranian Kheibar Shekan missile. (Tasnim News Agency/Released)
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Iran unveiled a new missile on Wednesday that it claims can travel up to 900 miles, placing more U.S. bases in the Middle East within its potential striking distances.
Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) announced the new missile, dubbed the “Kheibar Shekan,” claiming the missile could fly 1,450 kilometers (about 900 miles). The reported 900-mile flight distance puts U.S. bases in Iraq and the Arabian peninsula range of a potential attack.
Other Iranian state-run media outlets, such as Tasnim News Agency, also publicized the unveiling of the missile.
“#Iran’s newly unveiled Kheibarshekan (meaning Castle Buster) strategic missile can hit the targets within a range of 1,450 kilometers with pinpoint accuracy,” Tasnim tweeted.
#Iran’s newly unveiled Kheibarshekan (meaning Castle Buster) strategic missile can hit the targets within a range of 1,450 kilometers with pinpoint accuracyhttps://t.co/tnOUYcipBB pic.twitter.com/77nu8F2cIp
— Tasnim News Agency (@Tasnimnews_EN) February 9, 2022
Kheibar refers to an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia, which had been controlled by Jewish tribes prior to the rise of Islam as a religious movement. Muslim warriors took control of the oasis during the Battle of Kheibar in 628. The term Kheibar Shekan means Kheibar buster and thus refers to a Muslim defeat of Jews.
