Iran’s Abu Mahdi missile. Photo: X
Citing Navy Commander Alireza Tansgiri, Eurasiantimes reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on December 20 that the country possessed missiles equipped with AI.
“In the naval field, we have warships that can launch missiles with a unique design and completely made by Iran, with higher range and speed,” Mr. Tansgiri declared.
The missile line that Mr. Tansgiri mentioned is Abu Mahdi with a range of 1,000km. With the role of AI, this missile can detect and attack targets without human intervention.
This missile is also capable of surviving well against enemy jamming and electronic warfare, areas in which Israel is proud to be a technological leader.
With its advanced aerodynamic and maneuvering tactics, the new missile can also avoid being tracked or attacked by medium- and close-range air defense forces.
Another post on social network X (formerly Twitter) said that “IRGC naval ships will now be equipped with AI and possess navigation features after launch.” This means that the new missile can receive updates from the command center to change its route and flight direction via radio and radar signals. This is to ensure that the missile hits the target, especially moving targets such as fighters, armored vehicles, and warships.
Previously, Tasnim news agency quoted the Iranian navy commander as confirming that the missile has a range of 1,000 km and is equipped with AI that allows it to hit warships and destroyers from many different directions.
“With artificial intelligence, this missile can move at low altitude to avoid radar and change its direction and altitude in the air. The new missile can be launched from any location deep inside Iranian territory to destroy mobile naval targets,” the source said.
The missile’s probe is also equipped with active and passive radar guidance systems, suitable for operating in an electronic warfare environment and very difficult to detect.
Tasnim’s report added: “The Abu Mahdi launch system can fire in short periods of time, with many different trajectories and from a variety of fixed and mobile launchers.”
Integrating AI for missiles is part of efforts to revolutionize the IRCG Navy, especially the development of warships and ammunition for long-range missiles.
The latest advances of the IRGC Navy are part of a series of breakthroughs in defense technology that the Persian country announced this year, starting with the presentation of the supersonic Fattah missile with a range of 1,400 km last month. 6.
Said to be able to overcome any air defense system in the area, Fattah can move at 15 times the speed of sound.
Soon after, Iran launched the Fattah-2 hypersonic ballistic missile. Officials said this missile can fly at a speed of more than Mach 5. Then, at the end of November, the country added a new destroyer to the Caspian Sea fleet named Deilaman weighing 1,400 tons.
In addition to missiles, Iran also integrates AI for drones.