April 11, 2020
What The Pentagon Learned From Its Up-Close-And-Personal Experience With Iran's Qiam Missiles
This is the first time Iran has shot ballistic missiles at an adversary since the Iran-Iraq War.
by Sebastien Roblin
Key point: The Qiam was assessed as landing on average within 500 meters of a target—an improvement over some earlier missiles, but well short of a ‘precision strike’ weapon.
For thirty intense minutes at 1:30 AM local time, the skies over Iraq were lit by streaks of fiery light as at least sixteen ballistic missiles streaked from launch sites in Iran (video here) to target two military bases in Iraq occupied by Iraqi, U.S. and other international forces. Tehran’s promised violent retaliation for the U.S.’s killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was on its way.
Five missiles raced towards a base in Erbil in northern Iraq. However, four appeared to malfunction, leaving only one to land near the target.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/what-pentagon-learned-its-close-and-personal-experience-irans-qiam-missiles-142617
