{"id":91595,"date":"2026-03-08T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=91595"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:20:28","slug":"blue-sparrow-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/blue-sparrow-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Sparrow Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Blue Sparrow Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel reportedly used the Blue Sparrow missile to kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Blue Sparrow Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>part of a family of three air-launched ballistic missiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which also includes the <\/span><b>Black Sparrow and the Silver Sparrow.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>developed by<\/b> <b>Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">defense technology company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were <\/span><b>built as practice targets for Israel&#8217;s Arrow missile defence system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, however, the Blue Sparrow was <\/span><b>adapted into an offensive air-to-surface weapon.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Blue Sparrow Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile measures 6.5 metres in length and weighs about 1.9 tonnes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is typically <\/span><b>launched from fighter aircraft<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including Israeli F-15 jets, whose <\/span><b>booster rockets propel the missile to high altitude<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before it begins its descent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of roughly <\/span><b>1,995 km.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike many conventional munitions, it follows a <\/span><b>quasi-ballistic trajectory.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>After launch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the missile <\/span><b>ascends rapidly, leaving the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before <\/span><b>re-entering and descending toward its target<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ability to exit and re-enter the atmosphere <\/span><b>complicates interception by air defence systems. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/what-is-blue-sparrow-missile-israel-killed-khamenei-tehran-2026-2878222-2026-03-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Sparrow Missile is an air-launched ballistic missile developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli defense technology company. 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