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  "id": "tondar-69",
  "name": "Tondar-69",
  "aliases": [
    "CSS-8",
    "M-7",
    "Thunder 69"
  ],
  "domain": "missile",
  "country": "IRN",
  "category": "Close-range ballistic missile",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1992,
  "operators": [
    "CHN",
    "IRN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 2,
  "summary": "The Iranian CSS-8 (M-7) is a close-range, solid-fueled, ballistic missile. It is believed Iran acquired 200 of the CSS-8 (M-7) from China in the late 1980s.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Basing",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "TEL",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Guidance",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Inertial navigation system (INS) guidance with command updates.",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_max_km",
      "v": 150,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Accuracy (CEP)",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "300 m",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 10.8,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "launch_weight_kg",
      "v": 2650,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "diameter_m",
      "v": 0.65,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Propulsion",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "2 Stage; Solid for first stage, liquid for second",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Warhead options",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Single; Conventional and Nuclear; HE",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Conventional warhead weight",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "190 kg",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: warhead type",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Single",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: warhead options",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Conventional and Nuclear",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: conventional warhead weight",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "190 kg",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Payload: conventional warheads available",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "HE",
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "srbm",
  "image": {
    "file": "tondar-69.jpg",
    "thumb": "tondar-69-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Ali Shaigan",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Prophet_IV_(26).jpg",
    "title": "File:Great Prophet IV (26).jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/tondar-69.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-tondar-69": {
      "title": "Tondar-69 Iranian Close-Range Ballistic Missile",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Tondar-69_Iranian_Close-Range_Ballistic_Missile",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}