{"id":1995461,"date":"2023-08-09T14:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-says-it-has-tech-to-build-supersonic-cruise-missile\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T18:14:15","slug":"iran-says-it-has-tech-to-build-supersonic-cruise-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-says-it-has-tech-to-build-supersonic-cruise-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran claims to possess technology for constructing supersonic cruise missiles."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-says-it-has-tech-to-build-supersonic-cruise-missile%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Iran&#8217;s\u2064 Supersonic Cruise Missile \u200bTechnology Raises Concerns<\/h2>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span> has announced that \u200cit possesses the technology to build supersonic cruise missiles, according\u200c to Iranian state media. This\u200b development is likely to heighten \u200dWestern \u2062concerns about \u2062Tehran&#8217;s missile capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes in the \u2062wake of reports about the\u200d deployment of over 3,000 U.S. sailors and Marines aboard two \u2063U.S. warships\u2063 in the\u2063 Red Sea. The purpose of this deployment is to deter <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span> from seizing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-says-it-has-tech-to-build-supersonic-cruise-missile\/\" title=\"Iran claims to possess technology for constructing supersonic cruise missiles.\">harassing merchant ships passing<\/a> through the Gulf&#8217;s Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-chinese-invasion-of-taiwan-could-unleash-an-economic-disaster\/\" title=\"A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Unleash an Economic Disaster\">supersonic cruise missile<\/a> will open a new chapter in <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span>&#8216;s defense program, as\u2062 it is extremely\u2064 difficult to intercept a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-tests-first-strategic-cruise-missile-with-possible-nuclear-capability\/\" title=\"North Korea Tests First \u2018Strategic\u2019 Cruise Missile With Possible Nuclear Capability\">cruise missile flying<\/a> at supersonic speeds,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tasnim news agency<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The\u200d new\u2064 cruise missile is currently undergoing its tests,&#8221;\u200c added\u2064 the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Despite opposition \u200dfrom \u2063the U.S. and Europe, <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span> has expressed\u2063 its \u2063intention to further develop its &#8220;defensive&#8221; missile program. However, Western military analysts believe that <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span> sometimes\u2063 exaggerates\u200d its\u2064 missile capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span> boasts one of\u2062 the largest missile programs\u200d in\u2063 the Middle East and claims that its weapons\u2062 can reach\u200b the bases of its arch-foes, Israel and the\u2062 United States, in \u200dthe region.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span>&#8216;s \u2064ballistic missiles played a role\u2063 in former \u200bU.S. president Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to \u2062withdraw from \u2063Tehran&#8217;s 2015 nuclear pact with six major powers and reimpose sanctions on the country.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts \u2064to salvage the nuclear \u200bdeal between\u200b Tehran and U.S. \u200bpresident Joe Biden&#8217;s administration have stalled\u200b since September last\u2063 year.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u200d most recent \u200dincident of ship attacks in the Gulf, the U.S. Navy intervened\u200b last month to prevent <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span> from seizing two commercial tankers\u200c in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n<p>In response to <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Iran<\/span>&#8216;s seizure and harassment of commercial shipping vessels, \u2063the Pentagon sent \u200badditional\u200c F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, along with a warship, to the Middle East last month to monitor key waterways\u2063 in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/iran\/\" title=\"View all posts in Iran\">Iran<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran claims to possess the capability to develop supersonic cruise missiles, raising concerns among Western nations about their missile prowess. 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