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System Profile

Soumar

Class
Ground-launched land-attack cruise missile (LACM)
Operators
Iran

Range

  • Range: 2,000 km (Iran's claim, as reported by DIA). Ring drawn from Tehran.

Range is Iran's claim as reported by DIA.

Range rings for Soumar2,000 km: Iran's claim, as reported by DIAIranIraqSaudi ArabiaYemenIsraelLebanonSyriaTurkeyEgyptOmanPakistanAfghanistanQatarUAEKuwaitBahrain2,000 km: Iran's claim, as reported by DIATehran500 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. 46. Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain).

Source Text

"In 2015, Iran displayed what it called the Soumar LACM, a ground-launched system that appears to be based on the Russian air-launched AS-15. Iran claims the Soumar has a 2,000-kilometer range."

Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance (2019), p. 46.

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Soumar," Axis Attacks and Ceasefires, https://attacks.meforum.org/systems/soumar/.