TEHRAN -- Commander of the IRGC Air Force General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said Monday the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps will unveil a strategic missile in the near future.
He made the announcement on the sidelines of a meeting where a group of military commanders renewed their allegiance with the ideals of the Islamic Revolution on its 43rd anniversary.
According to Gen. Hajizadeh, the missile has been built for quite a time and inducted to the IRGC’s combat order.
Last month, an American political analyst said Iran’s missile program has disrupted the strategic military calculations of the United States in the Middle East, altering the balance of power in a region where Washington has long sought to maintain a military edge.
“The U.S. fears Iran is upsetting the hitherto American-enforced regional balance of power whereby Washington and its allies were supposed to have a decisive military advantage over the Islamic Republic,” Andrew Korybko, a Moscow-based American political commentator, told Press TV.
“That country’s missile program changed the strategic military calculations by restoring an actual balance between the opposing sides,” he added.
Stressing that Iran’s missile program has increased the cost of a potential military confrontation for the United States, Korybko said it caused Americans to second-guess their policies and resort to unconventional means to destabilize Iran, including through proxy warfare against its regional partners.
Asked whether Iran deserves the right to develop its defensive ballistic missile program, the American political analyst responded positively and said Iran has the right to defend its national security interests.
“The U.S. and its regional allies used to enjoy a decisive military advantage but that’s no longer the case now that Iran can credibly ensure its second-strike capabilities through its defensive missile program,” Korybko said.
“Those countries feel uncomfortable that they can no longer attempt to militarily coerce the Islamic Republic into unilateral political concessions through conventional means like they tried but always failed to do in the past. In response, they’re fear-mongering about Iran’s intentions,” he added.
Despite decades of Washington-imposed sanctions, Iran has made
great achievements in its ballistic missiles program.
A Pentagon study has recently acknowledged Iran’s missile power,
 saying its arsenal is larger than that of any other Middle Eastern country.
“Iran has an extensive missile development program, and the size and sophistication of its missile force continue to grow despite decades of counter-proliferation efforts aimed at curbing its advancement,” according to the Pentagon.