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Iran announces new missile tests

Missiles rise into the sky

And leave behind a red flame

Satellites captured the moment of launch

And the images revealed unusual power

In Tehran, it is presented as a message of deterrence

And the West reads the data cautiously

In Israel, the debate returns again

Is this just a passing test?

Or a step that reveals a new ballistic weapon?

One capable of changing the balance of power in the region?

Among the controversial projects in Iran

the Rastakhir missile stands out

Western reports describe it as one of the largest

that Iran has produced to date

Over 20 meters long

with a liftoff weight reaching 23 tons

The warhead alone weighs between

1,500 and 1,800 kilograms

with an explosive force that may equal

20 tons of TNT

capable of destroying a military base

or an entire port in moments

But the threat does not stop here

Intelligence reports

speak of the possibility of equipping it

with an electromagnetic EMP warhead

Capable of disabling power grids

and communications networks and radars across a wide area

One strike of this kind

could plunge an entire city into darkness

and isolate command systems from their forces in seconds

As for range, while Iran says

it reaches 1,800 kilometers

Western estimates indicate

that it may exceed

2,500 kilometers

which puts all of Israel

and U.S. bases in the region

in the danger zone

The missile operates in two stages

the first with solid fuel

which gives it rapid launch speed and surprise

and the second with liquid fuel

propelling it to a speed exceeding Mach 16

that is, 16 times the speed of sound

making its interception almost impossible

even with advanced defense systems

The guidance system combines inertial navigation

and satellites

then an electronic seeker guides the final strike

More dangerous still, it can maneuver

in the upper layers of the atmosphere

which throws off defensive calculations

and makes its trajectory unpredictable

Some estimates go even further.

and speak of the possibility of developing variants

with multiple separable warheads

or decoy payloads

that deceive air defenses

so the threat shifts from a single missile

to swarms striking multiple targets at the same time

And the announcement of this missile came

after the military exercises conducted by Iran

and after the direct threats

that continually come from officials

against the Israeli entity

And in Israel, talk has returned to the missile shield

and interception systems

But the question remains

Are these defenses sufficient

to confront a weapon with such capabilities?

Or will Rastekhir

be the card that changes the balance of power

in the Middle East?