LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Iran is close to a deal with China to purchase anti‑ship cruise missiles, according to six people with knowledge of the negotiations, just as the United States deploys a vast naval force near the Iranian coast ahead of possible strikes on the Islamic Republic.
The deal for the Chinese‑made CM‑302 missiles is near completion, though no delivery date has been agreed, the people said. The supersonic missiles have a range of about 290 kilometres and are designed to evade shipborne defences by flying low and fast. Their deployment would significantly enhance Iran’s strike capabilities and pose a threat to provide protection against U.S. naval forces in the region, two weapons experts said
Depends which kind you mean. They have rockets, but this is a cruise missile. Technically a Shahed is a cruise missile, but it’s not jet powered and it’s definitely not supersonic.
I meant that ballistic one they lobbed at Israel in June 2025. Can’t find the details right now, but I distinctly recall it to be a short-middle range ballistic missile
Yeah, their rocketry expertise is good - they export it to other nations, actually. The point of moving away from ballistic missiles and their predictable trajectories here would be to avoid interception.