Iran has successfully test fired a new short-range missile equipped with a guidance system it plans to install on all future missiles it builds, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said yesterday. “With the fourth-generation of the Fateh 110, the armed forces of our country are able to target and destroy land and sea targets, enemy headquarters, missile seats, ammunition sites, radars and other points,” Vahidi said in quotes carried by Islamic Republic News Agency.
The Fateh 110 has a range of around 300 kilometres (180 miles), IRNA reported, meaning it would only be able to strike Iran’s immediate neighbours.
The announcement follows mounting tension over Iran’s nuclear facilities, which the Islamic Republic says are geared solely towards electricity production, but which Western countries believe are aimed at developing an atomic bomb. “Using new guidance methods, target-striking systems were installed on the missiles and during the flight test its ability to hit the target without deviation was proven,” Vahidi said according to IRNA.
“In future programmes all future missiles built by the Defence Ministry will be equipped with this capability,” he added.
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