Tondar-69

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|is_missile=yes

|name = Tondar

|image =Great Prophet IV (11).jpg

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|type = Short range ballistic missile

|vehicle_range = 150 km

|filling = Single warhead

|engine = Two-stage: solid-fuel booster and liquid fuel sustainer

|guidance = Inertial with command updatesLennox, Duncan. "Tondar 69 (CSS-8)." Jane’s Strategic Weapon Systems (Offensive Weapons). July 28, 2011.

|accuracy = 50 m – 150 m CEP

|speed =

|length = 10.8 m

|diameter = 0.65 m (first stage), 0.5 m (second stage)

|weight = 2,650 kg

|payload_capacity = 190 or 250 kg high explosive

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|unit_cost =

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|used_by = {{flag|Iran}}

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The Tondar-69 is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) originating in China and operated by the armed forces of Iran. It was originally deployed by the Iranian army in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/tondar-69/|title=Tondar 69|work=CSIS Missile Threat}} The design is based on the Chinese M-7 (CSS-8), which itself was designed from the Soviet S-75 surface-to-air missile (SAM).

It is launched from static transporter erector launchers towed into position.{{cite web |url=http://thearkenstone.blogspot.com/2011/05/tondar-69-tactical-ballistic-missile.html |title=The Arkenstone - ارکنستون |author=Galen Wright |publisher= |accessdate=11 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215203636/http://thearkenstone.blogspot.com/2011/05/tondar-69-tactical-ballistic-missile.html |archive-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=dead}} Up to two hundred CSS-8 missiles were acquired from 1989-1992 and modified to Tondar-69 specifications.{{cite web|url=http://militaryedge.org/armaments/tondar-69-css-8/|title=Tondar-69 (CSS-8)|work=Military Edge: The Most Comprehensive Tool on the Web for QME|accessdate=11 November 2014}}