Iran Tests Sea-Launched Missile

[Imran Khan]

Iran Tests Sea-Launched Missile
By VOA News
07 December 2008



Iran says it has test-fired a new missile during a six-day naval maneuver in the Sea of Oman.

Iran's state radio said Sunday that military officials launched a mid-range missile from a battleship late Saturday in the waters near the Iran-Pakistan border.

Iran announced the beginning of naval exercises last week.

The United States and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to build nuclear weapons and testing new missiles as part of a nuclear program.

Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, and says it will not abandon its effort to develop nuclear technology.

On Saturday, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei told the Los Angeles Times newspaper that the world has not "moved one inch" toward addressing Tehran's nuclear issues.

ElBaradei said the use of sanctions has helped to harden Iran's position. He also says Iranians who dislike the current leadership are supporting the regime because they feel their country is "under siege."

 

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[Imran Khan]

The Iranian navy has test-fired a sea-to-sea missile during a six-day naval maneuver in the Sea of Oman, the country's state radio reported Sunday.


Iran fires a missile from a submarine during an exercise in the Persian Gulf last month (illustrative).
Photo: AP [file]

Slideshow: Pictures of the week The report quoted Adm. Ghasem Rostamabadi, the maneuver's spokesman, who said that the mid-range missile was launched from a battleship late Saturday in the waters off the port town of Chabahar near the Iran-Pakistan border.

The report did not elaborate on the range or give other details about the missile, dubbed Nasr-2 or Victory-2.

Iran said last week that it launched the large-scale naval maneuver that was to cover 50,000-square miles (129,500-sq. kilometers) of Iranian territorial waters and involve about 60 warships.

Iran regularly holds war games in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

 

[Imran Khan]

Iran tests new missile from warship: reports
Sun Dec 7, 2008 1:52am EST Email | Print | Share| Reprints | Single Page | Recommend (8) [-] Text [+] TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's military test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile from a warship as part of exercises along a strategic shipping route, state media reported on Sunday.

Iran launched six days of naval war games on Tuesday in the Sea of Oman and the Gulf region amid tension with the United States and Israel, which have not ruled out military action if diplomacy fails to end a row over Tehran's nuclear work.

Iran has said that, if pushed, it could close the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf and through which about 40 percent of the world's traded oil passes.

"The surface-to-surface Nasr-2 missile was tested in the (Sea of) Oman operational region," state radio reported, adding that the test took place on Saturday.

"The Nasr-2 was fired from a warship and hit its target at a distance of 30 km (19 miles) and destroyed it," the official news agency IRNA said, adding it was the first test of the new, medium-range missile.

The West accuses Iran of seeking to build nuclear warheads, a charge Tehran denies. It insists that it wants to master nuclear technology to generate electricity so that it can export more of its huge oil and gas reserves.

Washington, which has its navy Fifth Fleet based in the Gulf Arab state of Bahrain, has pledged to keep shipping lanes open. Experts say Iran's navy would be no match for U.S. technology but could still create havoc in the waterway.

(Reporting by Hashem Kalantari, writing by Edmund Blair)

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