{"id":93221,"date":"2026-03-17T17:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=93221"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:37:14","slug":"sejjil-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sejjil-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Sejjil Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sejjil Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran has reportedly used one of its most advanced ballistic missiles, the Sejjil, during the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sejjil Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>two-stage, solid-fuel medium-range <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ballistic-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballistic missile<\/a> (MRBM) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developed by <\/span><b>Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran started working on the Sejjil system in the early 1990s. It was first tested in 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of its <\/span><b>high-altitude manoeuvring ability, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it has been <\/span><b>nicknamed the &#8220;dancing missile&#8221;,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a reference to its <\/span><b>capability to evade missile defence systems.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The weapon is also known by several<\/span><b> other names<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including <\/span><b>Sajjil, Ashoura, and Ashura.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Sejjil Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is around 18 metres long, has a diameter of about 1.25 metres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It weighs roughly 23,600 kilograms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>solid-fuel design <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers a strategic advantage, allowing it to be <\/span><b>prepared and launched more quickly than older liquid-fuel systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like the Shahab series.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an estimated <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of about<\/span><b> 2,000 kilometres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a payload capacity of roughly 700 kilograms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to <\/span><b>carry <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both <\/span><b>conventional explosive payloads and nuclear warheads.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/new-updates\/iran-dancing-missile-why-the-sejjil-missile-is-so-hard-to-stop-and-how-it-confuses-air-defence-systems\/articleshow\/129603875.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sejjil Missile is a two-stage, solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) developed by Iran. 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