Tondar-69

Tondar
TypeShort range ballistic missile
Service history
Used byIran
Specifications
Mass2,650 kg
Length10.8 m
Diameter0.65 m (first stage), 0.5 m (second stage)
WarheadSingle warhead
EngineTwo-stage: solid-fuel booster and liquid fuel sustainer
Operational
range
150 km
Guidance
system
Inertial with command updates
Accuracy50 m – 150 m CEP

The Tondar-69 is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) originating in China and operated by the armed forces of Iran. It was originally deployed by the Iranian army in 1992. The design is based on the Chinese M-7 (CSS-8), which itself was designed from the Soviet S-75 surface-to-air missile (SAM).

It is launched from static transporter erector launchers towed into position. Up to two hundred CSS-8 missiles were acquired from 1989-1992 and modified to Tondar-69 specifications. The range is estimated as up to 150 km and the payload as up to 190 kg.

Tondar-69s were used in Iran's Great Prophet IV military exercise in September 2009. In 2023, FDD assessed that the Tondar-69 was likely still operational.

References

  1. ↑ Lennox, Duncan. "Tondar 69 (CSS-8)." Jane’s Strategic Weapon Systems (Offensive Weapons). July 28, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tondar 69". CSIS Missile Threat.
  3. ↑ Galen Wright. "The Arkenstone - ارکنستون". Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tondar-69 (CSS-8)". Military Edge: The Most Comprehensive Tool on the Web for QME. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/02/15/arsenal/ [bare URL]
  6. ↑ https://www.uskowioniran.com/2009/09/missiles-of-great-prophet-iv.html [bare URL]

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