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Shahab vs Jericho: What Ballistic Missiles Do Iran and Israel Possess?

As Iran seems about to unleash a missile barrage upon Israel in retaliation for the murder of a high-ranking Hamas official in its territory, with Israel threatening retaliation, Sputnik explores the countries’ ballistic missile arsenals.
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Iran

Kheiber is the 4th generation of the Khorramshahr ballistic missile (also referred to as Khorramshahr-4). It has a range of 2,000 km and can carry a warhead of about 1,500 kg.
Kheiber-Shekan (or Kheibar Shekan) is capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 1,450 km and can carry some 600 kg worth of payload.
Emad is a medium-range ballistic missile that has a range of 1,700 km and can carry up to 750 kg worth of payload.
Fattah-2 hypersonic missile was unveiled in November 2023. It has a range of 1,500 km while the missile’s hypersonic capabilities help its 450-kg warhead negate enemy defense systems.
Haj Qassem is named after the late Gen. Qassem Soleimani is a ballistic missile with a range of 1,400 km. It can carry a 500-kilogram warhead and supposedly features radar evasion capabilities.
Sejjil ballistic missile has a range of about 4,000 km and can deliver a payload of some 700 kg.
Shahab-3 ballistic missile adopted by Iran in 2003, has a range of up to 1,300 km and can carry up to 1,200 kg of payload.
Ghadr-110 intermediate-range ballistic missile can carry an 800-kg payload and has a range of up to nearly 2,000 km.
Dezful is a ballistic missile that has a range of about 1,000 km and carries a 600-700 kg warhead.
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Israel

Due to the highly secretive nature of Israel’s ballistic missile program, much of the publicly available data is based on estimates.
Jericho-2 is a nuclear-capable ballistic missile that can carry 1,000 kg of payload and has a range of about 1,500 km.
Jericho-3 is an intermediate-range ballistic missile with an estimated range of between 4,800 to 6,500 km and carries up to 1,300 kg of payload.
LORA is a quasi-ballistic missile with a range of up to 430 km, capable of carrying up to 570 kg of payload.
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