Iran’s navy on Sunday added domestically produced sophisticated cruise missiles to its arsenal, state TV reported.
The TV said both Talaeieh and Nasir cruise missiles have arrived at a naval base near the Indian Ocean in the southern Iranian port of Konarak, some 1,400 kilometers (850 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran.
Navy chief Adm. Shahram Irani said the Talaeieh has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and called it “fully smart.” Irani said the cruise missile is capable of changing targets during travel.
He said the Nasi has a range of 100 kilometers (62 miles) and can be installed on warships.
Last month, a container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack from a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean, as Israel wages war on Iran-backed Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
From time to time Iran announces the test firing, production and commissioning of new military equipment that cannot be independently verified. The country says it has a stock of various kinds of missiles with ranges up to 2,000 kilometers (1250 miles), capable of reaching its archenemy Israel and U.S. bases in the region.
(AP)
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They say they are Muslims (but their best friends are the Russians), and they seem to have a role model in the Persian Empires of the past (which stretched from India to Egypt), something that the modern day Arabs, Turks and Indians would not find amusing.
To survive, Israel must at least match, and preferably surpass Iran in military technology, and not depend on the Americans. If Iran has a missile that can hit Tel Aviv, Israel needs a missile that can shoot it down, as well as one that can hit Tehran without getting shot down.
Operation Opera II?