Overview
- IRGC footage released Feb. 21 shows a vertical launch from the vessel Shahid Sayyad Shirazi during Smart Control drills in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iranian officials report a roughly 150-kilometer engagement range for the Sayyad-3G, a ship-launched adaptation of the land-based Sayyad-3.
- The system is described as capable of independent detection and engagement while integrating with shipboard and wider command-and-control networks.
- Iran says the missile is intended to intercept fighter jets, maritime patrol aircraft, high-altitude drones, and cruise missiles.
- The three-day exercise began Feb. 16 near Bandar Abbas, with Daily Times reporting Russian naval participation as regional tensions and expanded U.S. deployments shape the security environment.