DUBAI (REUTERS) - Iran inaugurated a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 1,400km and a new cruise missile, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said in a televised speech on Thursday (Aug 20), ignoring US demands that Teheran halt its missile programme.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DUBAI - Iran inaugurated a surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 1,400km and a new cruise missile, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said in a televised speech on Thursday , ignoring US demands that Teheran halt its missile programme.
"The surface-to-surface missile, called martyr Qassem Soleimani, has a range of 1,400km and the cruise missile, called martyr Abu Mahdi, has a range of over 1,000km,"Minister Hatami said. The missiles were named after Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, respectively. They were killed in January in a US strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport.
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