The Fateh-110 (Persian: فاتح-۱۱۰ "conqueror"), also known as NP-110,[3] is an Iranian solid-fueled surface-to-surface ballistic missile produced by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization since 2002.
Its presence in Syria was cited as a reason for the US transferring two Patriot missile defense systems to Turkey in 2012.
So a project was assigned to Shahid Bagheri Industries to design and produce a guided short-range missile.
[8] In 2006 the US Department of the Treasury accused Great Wall Industry, a Chinese corporation and its partners for playing a lead role in the development of the Fateh missile system, as Iran had no previous experience with solid fuelled ballistic missiles.
Iranian defense minister Ahmad Vahidi stated that accuracy, range, reaction time and storage capability in different parts of the country are increased.
[17] In 2016, the Israeli Military Intelligence reported that Syria had resumed manufacture of the M-600 ballistic missiles, which was stopped after 2012.
[18] In May 2010, Israeli officials announced that Syria transferred M-600 launchers and missiles to arm Hezbollah's fire array.
[22] Unlike the other members of the Fateh-110 family, which are often described as quasi-ballistic missiles, the Zolfaghar flies a true ballistic trajectory.
[22] The Zolfaghar (and possibly other members of the Fateh-110 family) are believed to use commercial GNSS systems to improve accuracy.
In September 2022, Iran tested the Fath 360 (and its export model called BM-120), the downsized member of the Fateh ballistic missile family.
The missile is 4 m (13 ft) long with a diameter of 30 cm, weighs from 850–1,100 kg (1,870–2,430 lb) with a 150 kg (330 lb) warhead, and has an 80–100 km (50–62 mi) range;[citation needed] Its launch velocity is 3,704 km/h (2,302 mph; Mach 3.0), which increases to 5,000 km/h (3,100 mph; Mach 4.1) by the time of impact.
[38][39] On 18 May Israeli media claimed that the Syrian army had aimed a battery of Tishreen missiles, Syria's version of Iran's Fateh-110, at Tel Aviv according to reconnaissance satellites.
[40] According to two unnamed U.S. military officials, the Syrian Army fired at least two Fateh A-110 missiles in late December 2012.
With a 250–350 km (160–220 mi) range, Fateh-110 missiles fired from Lebanon could hit targets anywhere in Israel up to the northern Negev.