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Missile Shower System
Type	Ballistic missile launcher
Place of origin	Iran[1][2][3][4][5]
Service history
In service	Since 2020
Used by	Islamic Republic of Iran
Production history
Designer	Iran (IRGC)
Designed	4 November 2020 (unveiling)
Manufacturer	IRGCAF
Produced	Since 2020

The Missile Shower System^[6] (Persian: سامانه تیربار موشکی) is an automated, rail-mounted multiple ballistic missile launcher designed to enable a rapid barrage of medium range ballistic missiles (MRBMs) to be launched from Iran's underground missile silos. Each system has the ability to carry and fire five Emad precision-guided missiles with a range of 1700 km and maneuverable warheads as shown in the unveiling-ceremony. The system has been built by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and was unveiled on November 4, 2020.^[7][8][9]

Overview

Each system consists of a rail mounted wagon with the ability to vertically carry five missiles, the vertically-stowed missile "magazine" then brings the groups of missiles into their launch positions for rapid, consecutive launching from the underground silo.^[10][11][12] This system is the first of its kind, and has no parallels anywhere else in the world in the missile arsenals of other countries.^[13]

The Shower System offers several advantages compared to the conventional method of launching a single missile from a single silo at a time:

1. In a total war scenario, especially fighting an enemy with air superiority (e.g. the U.S.), when underground silos can only launch missiles one at a time, they can only launch a few missiles before being detected and hit by a counter strike. The missile magazine system allows Iran to launch significantly more missiles before any likely retaliation.^[11]
2. It allows Iran to overwhelm enemy anti-ballistic missile defense systems with a rapid barrage of a large number of medium-range ballistic missiles.^[10][11]
3. Since the missiles on their individual platforms are ready to fire, there is no need to reload individual launchers using a crane or trans-loader, thus storing the missiles more efficiently and taking up less space at the site.^[10][12]

A missile magazine-type base has been discovered to be under construction near Khorgo, Hormozgan Province.^[14][15]

Unveiling

The Iranian "Missile Shower System" has been unveiled^[8][9] on 4 November 2020 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Major General Hossein Salami. Salami said at the mentioned unveiling ceremony: "Our missile power guarantees the withdrawal of enemies (from the region)." He also added: our deterrent and defense capabilities provide Iran with great power which supports the country in demonstrating its political will and imposing it on the enemy if necessary.^[13][16]

See also

• List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
• Amirali Hajizadeh
• Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam

References