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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Iran to fire ballistic missiles in war games

Shahab-3 missileIran’s Revolutionary Guards will fire off ballistic missiles with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) during war games this week, state television reported on Wednesday.

The air, land and naval manoeuvres will take place in 14 provinces starting on Thursday “with the focus on the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea,” army chief General Rahim Safavi was quoted by the television as saying.

“Missiles Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 with cluster warheads and range of over 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) will be shot as well as hundreds of rockets and other missiles such as Fateh and Zolfaghar,” Safavi said.

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