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Friday, February 14, 2014

Iran announces new missile tests


Iran has announced that it has tested a new submunition warhead that will reduce the vulnerability of its ballistic missiles to defensive systems.

The Iranian Ministry of Defence said on 10 February that it had marked the eve of the anniversary of the 1979 revolution by successfully testing two new missiles, one of which, the Barani, was described as a "new generation of long-range ballistic missiles carrying multiple re-entry vehicle [MRV] payloads".

The Fars News Agency quoted Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan as saying: "Evading enemy's anti-missile defence systems, the capability of destroying massive targets and destroying multiple targets are specifications of this missile."

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