page_title: Shahab-3
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Shahab-3 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: English: Map with Shabab-3 operators in blue
context_page_description: The Shahab-3 is a quad-exhaust liquid-propelled medium-range ballistic missile developed by Iran and based on the North Korean Nodong-1. The Shahab-3 has a range of 1,000 kilometres; a MRBM variant can now reach 2,000 kilometres. It was tested from 1998 to 2003 and added to the military arsenal on 7 July 2003, with an official unveiling by Ayatollah Khamenei on July 20. With an accuracy of 140 m CEP, the Shahab-3 missile is primarily effective against large, soft targets. Given the Shahab-3’s payload capacity, it would likely be capable of delivering nuclear warheads. According to the IAEA, Iran in the early 2000s may have explored various fuzing, arming and firing systems to make the Shahab-3 more capable of reliably delivering a nuclear warhead.
  The forerunners to this missile include the Shahab-1 and Shahab-2. In 2007, the then-Iranian Defence Minister Admiral Shamkhani has denied that Iran plans to develop a Shahab-4. Some successors to the Shahab have longer range and are also more maneuverable.
caption: Map with Shabab-3 operators in blue
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