TEHRAN – Iran on Saturday unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,350 kilometres, developed by experts at the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Industries Organization. IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK “Hoveizeh has a range of over 1,350 kilometres and is used against fixed ground targets,” Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said during the […]
TEHRAN – Iran on Saturday unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,350 kilometres, developed by experts at the Iranian Defense Ministry’s Aerospace Industries Organization.
IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK
“Hoveizeh has a range of over 1,350 kilometres and is used against fixed ground targets,” Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said during the unveiling ceremony.
General Hatami said the surface-to-surface missile could be quickly prepared for launch, can fly at low altitudes, and is highly accurate and explosive.
The general also noted that Iran has successfully test-fired the missile.
“The Hoveizeh cruise missile was test-fired and managed to accurately hit targets at a distance of 1,200 kilometers,” he said.
The achievement proves that no barrier can block the Iranian nation’s determination in the defense sector, the minister added.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Brigadier General Hatami pointed to another domestically made cruise missile dubbed “Soumar” that had been unveiled earlier and said it has a range of 700 kilometers.
The missile was unveiled in an exhibition of Iran’s defensive achievements, which is being held ahead of the 40th anniversary of the victory of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran’s missile program has made great progress in recent years, with the Iranian military developing dozens of home-grown ballistic and non-ballistic missiles.
Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.
Back in February 2018, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called for efforts to maintain and boost Iran’s defense capabilities, hitting back at the enemies for disputing the country’s missile program.
