Raad-500 missile (Persian: موشک رعد ۵۰۰) is an Iranian SRBM[1]/Tactical ballistic missile[2] which is equipped with a progressive composite engine that is dubbed as "Zohair (Persian:زهیر)". Raad-500 means "Thunder 500", and it has been designed by half --weight-- in comparison with the previous Iranian missile (Fateh-110) whose body was made from metal; whereas the range of this new Iranian ballistic missile increased two hundred kilometers more than Fateh-110),[3] and its final range is 500 kilometers.[4]