Teheran, 14:15
IRAN: COLLAUDATO UN MISSILE "INVISIBILE"
Le forze militari iraniane hanno collaudato oggi "con successo" un missile "invisibile" a testata multipla. Si tratta di un vettore di "nuova generazione", ha spiegato in tv il comandante dei Guardiani della Rivoluzione, generale Hossein Salami, "in grado di colpire simultaneamente obiettivi diversi". Non si conosce la portata del missile, collaudato durante le esercitazioni nel Golfo Persico, che sarebbe in grado di sfuggire alle rilevazioni radar e ai missili-antimissili. L'Iran disponeva gia' di missili a medio raggio Shabab-3, con una portata di 2.000 chilometri, in grado cioe' di raggiungere il territorio d'Israele e alcune basi Usa in Medio Oriente.
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DI QUALE MISSILE SI TRATTERà? RIPORTO ANCHE UN ALTRA FONTE, STAVOLTA ISRAELIANA
Iran missile test successful
Revolutionary Guards air force chief says missile has ‘stealth capabilities, high maneuverability, pinpoint accuracy and radar avoidance features’
Associated Press
Iran on Friday successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously, the air force chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards said.
"Today, a remarkable goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran's defense forces was realized with the successful test-firing of a new missile with greater technical and tactical capabilities than those previously produced," Gen. Hossein Salami said on state-run television.
Salami said the Iranian-made missile, which he did not name, was test-fired as large military maneuvers began in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.
"This missile can simultaneously hit several targets, has near stealth capabilities with a high maneuverability, pinpoint accuracy and radar avoidance features," Salami said.
The general said the range of the missile would depend on the weight of its warhead.
"It can avoid anti-missile missiles and strike the target," he said.
The television screened a brief clip of the launch of the missile.
Iran already has the Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles and is capable of reaching Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East. The Shahab-3 is also capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
Military maneuvers are scheduled to last a week
Last year, former defense minister Ali Shamkhani said that Iran had successfully tested a solid fuel motor for the Shahab-3, a technological breakthrough in Iran's military industries.
Iran launched an arms development program during its 1980-88 war with Iraq to compensate for a U.S. weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and a fighter plane.
The military maneuvers are scheduled to last a week and will involve 17,000 members of the Revolutionary Guards as well as boats, fighter jets and helicopter gunships.
(03.31.06, 15:47)
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