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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Iran successfully test-fires home-made missiles

Fajr-5 missileIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on Tuesday successfully test-fired two types of home-made missiles during military exercises, the local Fars news agency reported.

The Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles were fired by the military units subordinate to the Revolutionary Guards' ground forces, Commander of the Revolutionary Guards' missile unit Brigadier General Majeed Ayineh said.

Fajr-5 has a range of around 75 km while Zalzal has a range of100 to 400 km, according to the Fars report.

The Revolutionary Guards started from Sunday a five-day military maneuver, the first after the UN Security Council issued sanctions against the country's nuclear program last December.

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