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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Iran tests missiles, unveils drone amid Israel tensions


Iran has tested anti-air and anti-ship missiles and unveiled a new drone, its powerful Revolutionary Guards said on Monday, in a show of military readiness for a war with Israel their chief says is inevitable.

Medium-range surface-to-air missiles designed to knock attacking aircraft out of the sky at a range of 50 kilometers (30 miles) were successfully fired on Monday, the Guards said in a statement on their official Sepahnews website.

The new, Taer-2 missiles were part of an anti-air defense system known as Ra'ad (Thunder), the statement said.

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