Iran 'test-fires medium-range surface to air missile' in Gulf

[Crypto]

Iran has successfully test-fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile during military exercises in the Gulf, the official Irna news agency reports.

Iranian naval commander, Mahmoud Mousavi, was quoted as saying the missile was equipped with the "latest technology" and "intelligent systems".

The test comes a day after he denied earlier state media reports that Iran had test-fired long-range missiles.

He said on Saturday missile launches would take place "in the coming days".

Iran's 10 days of naval exercises began last week and are taking place in international waters to the east of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

They come at a time of increased tensions between the West and Iran over its nuclear ambitions.

Tehran reacted angrily last week to reports that Western nations were planning to impose further sanctions targeting Iran's oil and financial sectors.


Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, which links the Gulf - and its oil-producing states - to the Indian Ocean.

About 20% of the world's oil passes through the narrow strait.

The US and its allies believe Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons - a charge Iran denies.

Tehran insists its nuclear programme is purely for peaceful purposes. Iran has maintained that it needs nuclear technology to generate electricity to meet growing domestic demand.

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[kollang]

its great.if a target(fighter)use to make error on missile.missile can find the ECM pod and destroy it.thats a very important happening.

 

[regular]

what is the range of this missile ??? from ground to air....

 

[kollang]

what is the range of this missile ??? from ground to air....

65 km.its very good for a freqet

 

[lem34]

65 km.its very good for a freqet

they should be supplied in mass to hezbollah

 

[kollang]

they should be supplied in mass to hezbollah

there is no ground model of MEHRAB.
but i think its going to be a part of bavar 273(iranian s-300)systems

 

[Crypto]

there is no ground model of MEHRAB.
but i think its going to be a part of bavar 273(iranian s-300)systems

Would you mind giving few dozen to Pakistan ?

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

Its all fine making missiles, but not N-Missiles

 

[lem34]

Its all fine making missiles, but not N-Missiles

I read somewhere that Iran has produced thousands. Multiple missiles would have the same effect

 

[regular]

65 km.its very good for a freqet

65km range from ground to air is excellent....and what is its speed in machs??

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

Where is the bavar?

 

[kollang]

65km range from ground to air is excellent....and what is its speed in machs??

there is nothing about it in net.
see:http://gallery.military.ir/albums/userpics/Multimedia%5Cpics%5C1390%5C10%5CPhoto%5C1526.jpg
http://gallery.military.ir/albums/userpics/Multimedia%5Cpics%5C1390%5C10%5CPhoto%5C1525.jpg
http://gallery.military.ir/albums/userpics/Multimedia%5Cpics%5C1390%5C10%5CPhoto%5C1524.jpg

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Where is the bavar?

we'll show it in 2012.(before 1391 shamsi)

 

[longbrained]

The missile looks very much like an AIM-54C or SM-2ER in pictures.

 

[Harry_Thomason]

Where is the bavar?

It should be completed in 2012, Iran already tested a part of B-373 a month ago.

 

[Zarvan]

Iran's navy said Sunday it test-fired an advanced surface-to-air missile during a drill in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world's oil supply.
Iran's state TV said the missile, named Mehrab, or Altar, is designed to evade radar and was developed by Iranian scientists. The report said the missile was tested Sunday but provided no further details.
A leading Iranian lawmaker said the sea maneuvers serve as practice for closing the Strait of Hormuz if the West blocks Iran's oil sales. After top Iranian officials made the same threat a week ago, military commanders emphasized that Iran has no intention of blocking the waterway now.
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The exercise covers a 1,250-mile (2,000-kilometer) stretch of water beyond the Strait of Hormuz, including parts of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden.
The drill, which could bring Iranian ships into proximity with U.S. Navy vessels that operate in the same area, is Iran's latest show of strength in the face of mounting international criticism over its nuclear program. The West fears Iran's program aims to develop atomic weapons -- a charge Tehran denies, insisting it's for peaceful purposes only.
The 10-day exercise drew significant attention after the Iranian warnings about closing the strait. Iranian military officials later appeared to back away from that threat.
A spokesman for the exercise, Rear Adm. Mahmoud Mousavi, made a similar conciliatory comment on Sunday.
"We won't disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. We are not after this," the semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted him as saying.
Prominent lawmaker Ismail Kowsari offered a different view. He said the war games are part of Iran's preparations to close the vital waterway if sanctions are imposed.
"Iran's armed forces have practiced operations to close the Strait of Hormuz several times," the semiofficial Fars news agency quoted Kowsari as saying Sunday.
"If we feel that the enemies want to prevent our oil exports, definitely we will close the Strait of Hormuz," he said.
Mousavi said the missile that was tested Sunday is one of the newest in the navy's arsenal.
"It's equipped with state-of-the-art technology and a built-in system that enables it to thwart jammers," Mousavi told state TV. One way to deflect surface-to-air missiles is to confuse their guidance systems.


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