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System Profile

Shahab 3

Class
Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)
Propellant
Liquid
Operators
Iran

Range

  • Range: 2,000 km (DIA: longest-range variant about 2,000 kilometers). Ring drawn from Tehran.
Range rings for Shahab 32,000 km: DIA: longest-range variant about 2,000 kilometersIranIraqSaudi ArabiaYemenIsraelLebanonSyriaTurkeyEgyptOmanPakistanAfghanistanQatarUAEKuwaitBahrain2,000 km: DIA: longest-range variant about 2,000 kilometersTehran500 km (approx.)
Ring drawn from Tehran for scale; launchers are mobile. Source: Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance (2019), p. 45. Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain).

Source Text

"The liquid-propellant Shahab 3 is the mainstay of Iran's MRBM force ... with the longest range variant being able to reach targets at a distance of about 2,000 kilometers."

Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance (2019), p. 45.

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Shahab 3," Axis Attacks and Ceasefires, https://attacks.meforum.org/systems/shahab-3/.