Iran: No warship can escape
2006-04-02 16:32
Tehran - Iran said on Sunday it had successfully test-fired a high-speed underwater missile, saying it was capable of destroying huge warships and submarines.
The Iranian-made missile has a speed of 100m per second underwater, General Ali Fadavi, deputy head of the navy of the elite revolutionary guards, said.
He called it the fastest underwater missile in the
world - but it has the same speed as the Russian-made VA-111 Shkval, developed in 1995 and believed to be the world's fastest.
It was not immediately known if the Iranian missile was based on the Shkval.
"It has a very powerful warhead designed to hit big submarines.
"No warship can escape from this missile," Fadavi told state-run television.
- AP