US-Iran War: Iran's Kheibar Shekan Missile Beats American Air Defences | WION World News

The bombing may have paused, but the missile war has not. For the last couple of days, US strikes on Iran have stopped, but Tehran's retaliatory fire has kept the pressure on, exposing the challenge of stopping missiles that are designed to confuse even sophisticated air defenses. And one Iranian weapon is now drawing particular attention. That

is the Kheibar Shekan. Take a look at this next report.

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>> The bombs have stopped falling for now. After 2 weeks of relentless US bombardment, Washington has paused its strikes on Iran. Tehran, too, has halted its missile and drone attacks on American [music] bases. But Tehran's retaliation has stunned America. Iranian missiles and drones have kept targeting American positions, forcing US forces to rely heavily on

expensive interceptors to [music] defend themselves. And that is where the Kheibar Shekan enters the picture. The Iranian missile is relatively compact. It is mobile. It is designed for precision. And its biggest advantage may be the way it flies. According to the report, the Kheibar Shekan [music] can combine different flight paths, maneuvers, and

speeds, making it harder for air defense systems to predict exactly where the missile [music] is heading. That creates a dangerous problem. An interceptor has to detect the incoming weapon, calculate its trajectory, and destroy [music] it before impact. But if the missile changes its behavior during flight, the window for defense becomes smaller. Iran's strategy is therefore not simply