L’Iran a annoncé, mardi 27 novembre, la fabrication d’un nouveau missile d’une portée de 2000 km capable d’atteindre Israël et les bases américaines du Moyen-Orient, rapporte l’agence officielle IRNA.
Selon IRNA, le ministre iranien de la Défense, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, a déclaré que le missile « Achoura » a été fabriqué dans des usines dépendant du ministère. Les experts estiment que Téhéran travaille actuellement à la mise au point du missile « Shahab-4 » dont la portée serait de 2000 à 3000 km qui lui permettrait d’atteindre des cibles dans pratiquement toute l’Europe.
Iran is developing 2,000-km-range missiles named, ’Ashoura’ and ’Qadr’, Minister of Defense Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a ceremony held to honor the ministry’s Basij (volunteer) forces, the minister said that the long-range missiles were at the stage of production by experts of the Defense Ministry.
« The missiles are being made in line with Iran’s deterrent and defense doctrine, » Mohammad-Najjar said.
« Various types of anti-armour missiles, rackets, tanks and vessels have been designed and developed by experts of the Defense Ministry, » added the minister.
He said the Sa’eqeh (Thunderbolt) and Azarakhsh (Thunder) fighter planes, Ghadir submarine and Mowj (Wave) destroyer were other stances of major achievements made by the ministry’s experts in developing different types of vessels.
Mohammad-Najjar stressed that new plans were prepared for maximizing the power of Iran’s naval force.
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