Tondar-69
Short range ballistic missile
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The Tondar-69 is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) originating in China and operated by the armed forces of Iran. It was originally deployed by the Iranian army in 1992.[2] The design is based on the Chinese M-7 (CSS-8), which itself was designed from the Soviet S-75 surface-to-air missile (SAM).
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| Tondar | |
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| Type | Short range ballistic missile |
| Service history | |
| Used by |  Iran |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2,650 kg |
| Length | 10.8 m |
| Diameter | 0.65 m (first stage), 0.5 m (second stage) |
| Warhead | Single warhead |
| Engine | Two-stage: solid-fuel booster and liquid fuel sustainer |
Operational range | 150 km |
Guidance system | Inertial with command updates[1] |
| Accuracy | 50 m – 150 m CEP |
It is launched from static transporter erector launchers towed into position.[3] Up to two hundred CSS-8 missiles were acquired from 1989-1992 and modified to Tondar-69 specifications.[4]
