That one picture explains why Iran's Kheibar Shekan missile has become such a headache for air-defence engineers. The Kheibar Shekan, sometimes written Kheybar Shekan, is a medium-range ballistic missile that Iran first showed publicly in 2022. Reports from 2026 note the Kheibar Shekan has been used in attacks across the Middle East. Iran has never published the price of a Kheibar Shekan, but analysts believe it costs far less than the interceptor that must stop it. The Kheibar Shekan is not a true hypersonic glide vehicle, whatever strong words are used about it.