Iran to unveil new ballistic missiles next week

Iran Focus: Tehran, 19 May – Iran announced on Wednesday that it will be unveiling a number of new domestically-produced ballistic missiles next week.

Iran Focus

Tehran, 19 May – Iran announced on Wednesday that it will be unveiling a number of new domestically-produced ballistic missiles next week.

Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said a number of new defence products “including some vessels, ballistic missiles and new ammunitions will come into use” on 24 May. His remarks were carried by the state-run news agency Fars.

As recently as February, the Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari announced that the IRGC had started mass production of a smart anti-ship ballistic missile.

“The IRGC’s smart ballistic missiles are now in mass-production and this type of missiles can hit and destroy targets with high-precision”, Jafari said.

“These new missiles enjoy supersonic speed and cannot be tracked or intercepted by the enemy”, he said, adding that the missiles could hit targets 300km away.