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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Iran begins production of anti-aircraft missile


Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Sunday that the country has started to produce a domestically-built medium-range air defense missile system, the local satellite Press TV reported.

Vahidi said that the anti-aircraft missile, dubbed Mersad (Ambush), features cutting-edge technology that makes it able to " destroy modern aircraft at low and medium altitudes," according to the report.

Mersad is also equipped with sophisticated radar signal processing technology, an advanced launcher, and contains exclusive electronic equipment for guidance and target acquisition, Press TV said.

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