Iran has fired three stealth-capable
missiles at moving sea-based objects in a high-seas trial that unfolded
as intended, the nation's Revolutionary Guard said on Tuesday (see GSN, July 6).
Iran launched two missile types in a set of drills that followed an
initial series of tests involving land-based targets, the nation's Fars
News Agency quoted Revolutionary Guard representative Col. Asghar
Qelichkhani as saying. The Revolutionary Guard's Aerospace Division
completed two days of exercises early last week as part of the "Great
Prophet 6" military drill.
"In the second and last phase, three advanced and radar-evading
missiles from the Khalij-e-Fars (Persian Gulf) and Tondar (Thunder)
class, which are smart and also optimized, were fired at the specified
mobile naval targets," Qelichkhani said. All weapons and technology
tested in the drills were indigenously developed, he added (Fars News Agency, July 6).
Iranian state television indicated the two missile types had been
employed in tandem against selected strike points, the Xinhua News
Agency reported. Iran tested the land-based weapons -- each suited for
attacks on objects ... >>>
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