If this is an “All roads lead to Israel” thing, then a boast of a 12,000km range wouldn’t be advantageous as a boast of 2000kms would be sufficient. This is more of a veiled threat to France and the UK, etc…& they’re both real nuclear powers…as are Pakistan and India and China and Russia that (in theory) are now in that radius of 12,000kms.
View attachment 32004Is somebody way further away than Israel from Iran itching to have Iranian missiles whistle to or past them? Europe or the east coast of North America itching for Iranian missiles to wiz by or to them? Is it Newfoundland? Is Newfoundland itching for Iranian missiles?
(Should this new missile system be operational or even partially so, it would represent a leap well beyond Iran’s known medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) capabilities. Current systems, such as the Khorramshahr-4, are believed to reach no farther than 2,000–3,000 kilometers, largely covering Gulf Cooperation Council states, Israel, and parts of Eastern Europe. A jump to 10,000 kilometers would require advances in propulsion, multi-stage launch architecture, and re-entry vehicle (RV) survivability—technologies previously thought beyond Iran’s reach)
Tehran has a history of exaggerating the capability and readiness of new weapons systems. No flight-path data, impact footage, or telemetry tracking has accompanied this latest announcement. The missile's warhead capacity and terminal guidance accuracy remain unclear. There is also no indication whether the warhead is conventional or intended for future nuclear delivery, though Iran continues to deny any active nuclear weapons program.
View attachment 32007Is directly threatening Orange Jesus right in the ego in Irans best interests?
Iran has a history of using strategic ambiguity to magnify perceived capability, and the timing of this announcement suggests a deliberate attempt to shape global perceptions.
Tasnim News reports Iran’s new ICBM missile is almost ready with a 10,000 km range, a claim that could extend reach to Europe and the U.S. if proven accurate.
armyrecognition.com
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U.S. and Western intelligence agencies have long warned that Iran’s space program functions as a masked laboratory for ICBM-ready technologies.
Despite the long-standing Iranian political declaration limiting missile range to around 2,000 kilometers, the new claim indicates that Tehran’s ambitions have evolved well beyond its previous self-imposed doctrine.
The shift from regional strike concepts toward a global reach capability aligns with Iranian strategic writings that emphasize deterrence through uncertainty and layered retaliation.
Iran claims a 10,000km ICBM is almost operational, raising fears of global strike capability that could reach Europe and the United States for the first time.
defencesecurityasia.com
Western assessments from 2025 estimated Iran could field a militarily viable ICBM by 2035 through conversion of SLV technologies, but the present claim compresses that timeline by a decade.