Iran's new ballistic Ashoura missile has widely been seen as a breakthrough in the development of the country's defense industry.

The new missile has an estimated range of 2000-2500 km and uses solid-fuel, Jane's Defense Weekly reported.
The missile has a similar design to another longer-range missile Shahab-3, therefore it can utilize Shahab launch pads; the weekly quoted Western intelligence sources as saying.
The London-based publication added that while the missile is indigenously-developed by Iranian technology, unlike other Iranian missiles it has close similarities to the Pakistani missile Shahin.
""If the information on Ashoura is accurate, then the Islamic Republic's Ministry of Defense have reached a major technological breakthrough,"" the weekly quoted missile expert Uzi Rubin, former head of the Arrow Anti-missile Project in Israel's Ministry of War as saying.
According to Rubin, Ashoura would significantly increase Iran's missile capabilities both in terms of range and reduced launch-time, and its solid-fuel makes it non-detectable to satellites and aerial radars.
(Source: Press TV)