Iran test-fires Nour cruise missile

  30 January 2016    Read: 1453
Iran test-fires Nour cruise missile
The Iranian Navy has successfully test-fired surface-to-surface cruise missiles with a range of 150 km during large-scale naval exercises in Makran coastal zone, east of the Strait of Hormuz.
In a new move to show off Iran`s might, the country’s naval forces on Friday test-fired the missiles, dubbed Nour (Light), on the third day of military maneuvers, code-named Velayat 94, across a large swath of territorial waters and high seas in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Indian Ocean.

He added that the 150-km range missile has an accurate impact precision, good velocity, high detection power and powerful warhead.

Nour cruise missile could be launched both from sea and surface.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for Iran’s Navy, Commodore Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi, said, “The Navy`s vessels simultaneously fired surface-to-surface Nour cruise missiles and destroyed pre-determined targets and successfully accomplished this mission.”

He told reporters that the upgraded missiles accurately hit the targets.

Iran’s Navy started its four-day annual military exercises on Wednesday.

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