This isnt that new, I first saw this about two years ago I think. Supposedly it comes with its own lamd based radar for targeting but I have never managed to find a picture of it.

Agreed, but it is only now becoming clear that it is operational and not just a slow burn R&D/propoganda exercise. Previous videos of the firing etc made it impossible to determine that it wasn’t an HY-2. At any rate it’s only now being paraded in public for the press so I thought the news was pretty fresh.

Despite it’s (claimed) great range, I can’t see this as an improvement over the C-802 Noor already in service. Iran’s capability to provide targetting at 350km is somewhat suspect anyway.

So I reckon this is really just a line replacement for the existing HY-2 units, allowing Iran to field more ‘modern’ AShMs at a lower unit cost than replacing the HY-2 launchers with C-802s.

Interestingly enough, the tracked launcher it is shown on is very close if not identical to the ones used by North Korean HY-2s. Suggests a Korean import, although aybe both Iran and North Korea got them from China(?). Not sure if the chassis itself is Iranian.