Iran test-fires homemade 'smart' missile

true lilly Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:29 am

Iran test-fires homemade 'smart' missile
by:From correspondents in Tehran
From:AFP
January 01, 2012
7:19PM

IRAN has successfully test-fired a medium-range
surface-to-air missile during navy war games
taking place near the strategic Strait of Hormuz,
a spokesman for the manoeuvres said, according to
the official IRNA news agency.

"This medium-range surface-to-air missile is equipped with the
latest technology to combat radar-evading targets and intelligent
systems which try to disrupt missile navigation,"
Commodore Mahmoud Mousavi was quoted as saying.

He said it was the first time Iran had tested the missile,
which was "domestically designed and built".

It was not immediately known whether the missile was fired from a ship or from land.

The missile's launch and the war games are meant to show Iran's military
capabilities at a time that the United States and other Western nations
are increasing pressure over Tehran's nuclear program.

The fact that they are taking place near the Strait of Hormuz has focused
attention on Iran's threats in recent days that it could close the
narrow channel at the entrance to the Gulf if more sanctions are imposed.

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In a move that could intensify a brewing Gulf showdown, on New Year's Eve
US President Barack Obama signed into law tough new sanctions
targeting Iran's central bank and financial sector.

Twenty per cent of the world's oil passes through the strait, making it
the "most important chokepoint" globally, according to
the US Energy Information Administration.
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