An international think tank has warned that Iran’s satellite launchers could be easily modified into ballistic missiles following the first successful mission of a military orbiter.
The chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has also claimed that the first launch of a military satellite takes the country’s spying capabilities to the next level.
His words come as the IRGC seeks use the success to boost its influence in Iran’s internal power struggle after the government suffered criticism for its handling of the corona virus crisis.
A reconfigured Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV), using solid-fuel motors of a Sejil medium range missile, could send a rocket armed with a 1,000kg payload for a distance of 2,500km, according to a report by the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
The range would bring much of central Europe within range as well as large parts of China and all India.
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