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Iran fires more missiles
10/07/2008 11:12 - (SA)
Tehran - Iran's military test-fired more missiles in the Gulf on Thursday, the website of state television reported, on the third day of war games that have added to tensions with the West.
"On the third day of Great Prophet manouevres in the Persian Gulf the most significant events were the firing of shore-to-sea, suface-to-surface and sea-to-air missiles," it said.
It said the war games also included the firing of the Hoot (Whale) torpedo that Iran unveiled in April 2006 which it described then as a super-fast weapon capable of hitting enemy submarines.
The report said the war games included warships from the naval section of the elite Revolutionary Guards.
"The pre-defined enemy targets were precisely attacked by the marines with different types of speed boats with modern light and medium-heavy military equipment.
Iran the day earlier test-fired its Shahab-3 longer range missile, whose range includes Israel and US bases in the Gulf, and eight other more medium range missiles.
State television also said that late on Wednesday more "longer and medium range missiles were fired" in night-time exercises, without giving further details
- AFP
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