Iran Test-Fires Noor Long-Range Missile In Naval Drill; Testing Components Of S-300 Type Missile
Xinhua | 2013-1-1 5:00:54
Iranian navy test-fired Tuesday the Noor long-range missile in the ongoing naval drill, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The home-made surface-to-surface missile hit the target " successfully" on the fifth day of the six-day naval drill dubbed Velayat 91, or Guardianship 91, which started Friday in Iran's southern waters, spokesman for the military exercises Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari was quoted as saying.
The upgraded version of the Noor missile, designed and manufactured by Iranian army experts, can be used to target vessels, said Rastegari.
During Velayat 90 wargame in 2011, a Noor missile was tested with improvements in its electronic systems, with a more jam- resistant radar and better target acquisition algorithms.
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Iran Testing Components Of Missile System More Advanced Than S-300
TEHRAN – The components of the Iranian Bavar 373 (Belief 373) missile system, which will be a replacement for the Russian S-300 missile system, are being tested, the commander of the Khatam-ol-Anbiya Air Defense Base announced on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters, Brigadier General Farzad Esmaeili said that the Defense Ministry personnel’s work to complete the manufacture of the long-range missile system is well underway.
Esmaeili had previously said that the Bavar 373 (Belief 373) missile system is more advanced that the S-300 missile system.
Russia signed a deal to deliver five batteries of S-300PMU-1 air defense systems to Iran in 2007 but cancelled the sale in September 2010, claiming the systems, along with a number of other weapons, were covered by the fourth round of UN Security Council sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program.
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