Iran steps up missile range
Iran’s missiles now have a range of 2,000 kilometres, a substantial extension of their previously declared range, the nation’s former president said today.
“Today we have the power to fire missiles to a range of 2,000 kilometres,” said Hashemi Rafsanjani.
“Experts know that a country that possesses this can obtain all subsequent stages” in missile production, he told staff at the Aerospace Research Institute in Tehran.
Rafsanjani did not elaborate, but appeared to be saying that Iran can make missiles of any range it requires.
His statement came days after Iran said it had added a ”strategic missile” to its arsenal after a successful test.
In August, Iran test fired a new version of its Shahab-3 missile. The old version was known to have a range of 810 miles – making it capable of reaching Israel and various US military bases in the Middle East.
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