Supreme Leader Khamenei established the Air Defense Force in 2019, making it the newest Artesh service.[9] The Air Defense Force operates a wide range of indigenously produced air defense assets, though its most advanced are Russian-sourced S-300s, which Iran acquired in 2016.[10] Israel has repeatedly struck the S- ...

Last year, Iranian media reported that Tehran used a new missile, the Fattah-1, in attacks on Israel. Tehran describes it as a “hypersonic” missile. But analysts point out that almost all ballistic missiles reach hypersonic speed during their flights.

Starting on 17 October 2023, and in response to United States support for Israel in the Gaza war, Iran-backed militias initiated a coordinated series of more than 170 attacks on US military bases and assets in Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. These attacks resulted in injuries to dozens of US service members.