Iran navy test-fires new cruise missiles in Gulf of Oman
- Iranian state news broadcast images of projectiles being launched from both a truck and a ship, hitting a buoyant target in the sea
- The US has been actively campaigning to keep a UN arms embargo in place on Iran that is due to expire in November
Iran test fired cruise missiles in a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, state media reported on Thursday.
The report by the official IRNA news agency said the missiles destroyed targets at a distance of 280 kilometres. It said the tests took place during a naval drill by Iran’s navy in the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean.
IIRNA said the missiles’ range can be extended but gave no details.
The news agency said two kinds of missiles were fired, without elaborating, and broadcast images of projectiles being launched from both a truck and a ship, hitting a buoyant target in the sea.
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Iran’s navy chief Admiral Hossein Khanzadi told state TV that the “homing” c-class cruise missiles have new warheads that can hit targets with high accuracy at a close distance. He said the missiles are capable of resisting “any kind of electronic war”.
“The important point about these missiles is that they are fully equipped with homing,” Khanzadi said.