{"id":58788,"date":"2025-08-09T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=58788"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:42:05","slug":"khorramshahr-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/khorramshahr-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Khorramshahr-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Khorramshahr-5 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran may have developed or prepared for testing its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), called Khorramshahr-5, according to recent reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Khorramshahr-5<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an i<\/span><b>ntercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developed by <\/span><b>Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is said to have an operational <\/span><b>range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of 1<\/span><b>2,000 kilometers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile&#8217;s <\/span><b>speed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been reported to be <\/span><b>Mach 16<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (approximately 20,000 km\/h), typical of ICBMs in mid- or terminal flight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can reportedly <\/span><b>carry a heavy warhead<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weighing approximately <\/span><b>two tons.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What is an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ICBM is a powerful <\/span><b>long-range missile <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">designed <\/span><b>mainly to carry and deliver nuclear weapons.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ICBMs can travel <\/span><b>over 5,500 kilometers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with some capable of reaching up to 16,000 kilometers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Speed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: They can fly at speeds <\/span><b>faster than 20,000 kilometers per hour<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making them hard to intercept.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Payload<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ICBMs are <\/span><b>usually equipped with nuclear warheads <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but could theoretically <\/span><b>carry other weapons, like chemical or biological<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ones, though this is rare.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Deployment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: These missiles can be launched from <\/span><b>underground silos, mobile land launchers, or submarines at sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Countries with Operational ICBMs:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The countries that have operational ICBMs include <\/span><b>Russia, the United States, China, France, India, the United Kingdom, Israel, and North Korea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I<\/span><b>ndia\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agni V<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>solid-fueled ICBM.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/videos\/world\/iran-joins-icbm-club-12-000km-khorramshahr-5-missile-puts-us-mainland-within-range-4k-9494178.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N18<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khorramshahr-5 is an 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